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Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor
Sutherland's first Lucia has always had its admirers. But I must say I found myself disappointed on several grounds at...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1989
Massenet Manon
Although this set never had the cachet of the Werther which has recently won a Gramophone Award in the Historical...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1990
Zender Music to hear
This is the third disc of Zender’s music I have reviewed in these pages, and the voice features prominently in...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 2/2003
Rossini (Il) Turco in Italia
Naxos has had some success with its forays into Rossini territory: a superbly produced Il barbiere di Siviglia (3/94), a...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/2006
Locatelli (L') Arte del Violino Op 3
Andrea Marcon | Giuliano Carmignola | Venice Baroque Orchestra
Giuliano Carmignola has proved himself to be the smoothest technician among current period violinists, so it seems natural that he...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 6/2003
Schubert Schwanengesang
Malcolm Martineau | Thomas Oliemans
Appreciating that readers look to reviews for answers rather than supplementary questions, one is reluctant to open on a note...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/2011
Arnold String Quartets
It is strange when Arnold has been such a prolific and imaginative symphonist, and when he has also written many...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1992
Brahms Symphonies Nos 1-4; Overtures etc
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Nikolaus Harnoncourt
First, let me dispel any fears that Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s Brahms is quirky, provocative or abrasive. Yes, there are interpretative novelties...
Reviewed in issue 11/1997
Berlioz Orchestral Works
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Lorin Maazel | Wolfram Christ
This is the first new record of Harold to appear for some years. Now that Bernstein's later version with Donald...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1985
Saint-Saëns Organ Symphony
Enrique Bátiz | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Noel Rawsthorne
This is an immensely likeable new version of Saint-Saens justly popular Organ Symphony. The LPO play throughout with great energy...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1984
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