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Milhaud Little Symphonies and Little Operas
Capella Cracoviensis | Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Mention getting six symphonies and three operas on one CD, and your friends may nervously wonder about your state of...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 5/1993
Brahms Orchestral Works
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Colin Davis | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | Jirí Belohlávek
Here are two strongly contrasted readings of the First Symphony. Jiri Belohlavek, now in his mid-forties, is a well-established figure...
Reviewed in issue 8/1991
French Chamber Works
Kyung Wha Chung | Melos Ensemble | Osian Ellis | Radu Lupu
This is in every way a remarkable CD. Not only are the performances fused with a poetic inspiration seldom encountered...
Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 1/1989
Arias de Zarzuela Barroca
(Les) Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset | María Bayo
Rediscovery of the Baroque Spanish zarzuela has gained impetus in recent years. The name of José Melchor de Nebra Blasco...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 3/2004
Rautavaara Kaivos, 'The Mine'
Completed in 1962 but composed largely between 1957 and 1960, The Mine is Rautavaara’s own story of miners striking against...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 6/2011
Bruckner Symphony No 3
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Herbert von Karajan
If, like the famous acquaintance of The Revd Sydney Smith, you consider heaven to be eating foie gras to the...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 8/1984
Saint-Saëns Orchestral Works
Antoni Wit | Dong-Suk Kang | Katowice Radio Symphony Orchestra
The South Korean violinist Dong-Suk Kang has already shown his paces on record, notably in a fine Naxos performance of...
Reviewed in issue 10/1994
What Then is Love?
Elizabethan songs, enterprisingly selected, thoughtfully programmed and skilfully varied in presentation, should be certain (one would think) to provide an...
Reviewed in issue 3/1999
New Year's Concert 2001
Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
The CD of this concert was well received by Edward Greenfield in April 2001. The DVD‚ though‚ transports you much...
Reviewed in issue 2/2002
Schütz Psalmen Davids
Jeremy Summerly | Laurence Cummings | Oxford Camerata
This is a fine collection of Schutz’s psalm settings, but best not listened to at one sitting, since the variety...
Reviewed in issue 3/1997
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