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Beethoven/Schubert Symphonies
James Levine | New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
The first thing you are likely to notice about this record, apart from the general fizz and paciness of Levine's...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1994
Beethoven & Schubert: Piano Works
As in the two Schubert sonatas that recently came my way (EMI CDC7 49631-2, 9/89), so again in these shorter...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 10/1989
Berio Sequenzas I-XIV
When Deutsche Grammophon issued the “first complete recording” of Berio’s Sequenzas in 1998 they couldn’t have known that events were...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 10/2006
Beniamino Gigli Complete EMI Recordings 1918-32
The first of these two CDs enshrines the golden youth of Gigli, and therefore some of the most beautiful tenor...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1999
Schubert/Schumann Sacred Choral Works
Working with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe on Schubert has always been an inspiration to Claudio Abbado. That is so...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1993
Franck and Liszt Chamber and Piano Works
Borodin Qt | Sviatoslav Richter
Some time ago I was registering surprise that the Franck Piano Quintet, a cornerstone of French chamber music, had been...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 11/1991
A-Courting we will go
John J Blakely | Kathleen Livingstone | Neil Mackie
The record claims a number of 'firsts': all, in fact, except the Schubert and Schumann duets, are said to be...
Reviewed in issue 2/1989
Donizetti L'Elisir d'Amore
There are some sharp eyes at Testament's headquarters. They can see in the dark where records lie that have never...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 1/2000
Wagner Götterdämmerung
Haitink is astute at setting the mood of a scene. The louring menace in the Prelude that suggests the dark...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1992
Wolf Italian Songbook
Bo Skovhus | Marita Viitasalo | Soile Isokoski
Just in time for the Wolf centenary, here are two new recordings of the work that crowned the composer’s career...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/2003
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