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Brahms (Ein) deutsches Requiem
Not only the violin-free opening movement but many points thereafter may remind us both of Giulini’s pedigree as a viola-player,...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 2/2009
Bach Cantatas
These three cantatas were recorded in the impressive Herkulessaal in Munich between 1971 and 1975, under the direction of Karl...
Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 8/1989
Bach St Matthew Passion
When he reviewed the LPs of this recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion, TH pointed out that Karl Richter's approach...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1985
Wolf Lieder Recital
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Sviatoslav Richter
As with other composers who have made a big reputation with film scores (Rosza and Alwyn, to take but two...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 13/1997
Wagner Lohengrin
Rudolf Kempe's strengths as a Wagner conductor are fully displayed in this recording. He can make quite extreme (though never...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/1987
Wagner Tristan und Isolde
Those of us who have worn out our original HMV pressings of the famous Furtwangler recording of Tristan und Isolde...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/1986
Mozart Così Fan Tutte
When this set was first reviewed, it was compared unfavourably by Alec Robertson with the exactly contemporaneous Bohm version on...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1996
Mahler Vocal Works
This fascinating, if perverse, mid-price compilation is a typical product of EMI's Rouge et Noir series. That is to say...
Reviewed in issue 8/1992
Pergolesi Livietta e Tracollo & La Serva Padrona
La serva padrona, most famous of intermezzi, is given here with a rare but comparable companion-piece. Livietta e Tracollo was...
Reviewed in issue 11/1997
Mahler Symphony No 2
Birgit Remmert | Budapest Festival Orchestra | Hungarian Radio Choir | Lisa Milne
Under their founder and chief conductor Ivan Fischer the Budapest Festival Orchestra have always stood out from the international crowd....
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 13/2006
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