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Beethoven Fidelio
That there's nothing new in the world is proven once again by the reissue of Fricsay's Fidelio. The innocent ear...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1993
Schubert Lieder
Despite John Steane’s typically generous and discerning tribute to Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in January’s Singertalk column, many young and not-so-young singers...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/2001
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Knappertsbusch’s very early Decca LP studio recording, made in Vienna, is comparatively well known and loved, not least for Paul...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1998
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
By happy coincidence, these two new versions of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto appear with the same couplings. But where the...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/2007
Mozart Edition, Vol.39
During his early years in Vienna, Mozart made two abortive attempts at opera buffa. Both survive merely as fragments, and...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/1992
R. Strauss Capriccio
When I first heard Capriccio a good many years ago now—I felt that magic casements had opened for me. Not...
Reviewed in issue 10/1988
Debussy (L') Enfant Prodigue; (La) Damoiselle Elue
''Too good for them'' is one's first reaction to the sleeve-note's reminder that L'enfant prodigue was Debussy's third-time-lucky entry for...
Reviewed by jswain in issue: 9/1983
Schubert Symphony No 9; Five German Dances
To begin, Iván Fischer uses natural horns, which means that some notes have to be stopped; you’ll recognise them by...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 8/2011
Wagner Lohengrin
A recording of Lohengrin in which the first voice heard is that of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is playing for high stakes....
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/1987
Haydn Die Jahreszeiten
It has taken three years for this digitally-mastered three-LP set to find its way on to CD (two discs neatly...
Reviewed in issue 10/1984
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