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Rossini Guglielmo Tell
Live recordings, if they are pirated, can be objected to on ethical and legal grounds. But even if they are...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1989
Scriabin Symphony No 1
Michael Myers | Philadelphia Orchestra | Riccardo Muti | Stefania Toczyska | Westminster Choir
Both figuratively and literally this is a symphony and a half, and no mistake. A more or less conventional four-movement...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1986
BOULEZ Dialogue de L'Ombre Double
As Jorrit Tamminga amusingly recounts in his booklet-note, it was a chance encounter with Boulez that led to his musical...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 07/2015
Boulez sans Boulez
Linda Hirst | Lontano | Marc Ponthus | Odaline de la Martinez
The dearth of alternative recordings of Le marteau sans maitre in current catalogues could be taken as evidence that, even...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 3/1996
Pierre Boulez: Piano Sonatas
Each recording of the Boulez piano sonatas has a very definite character of its own, which may be reassuring to...
Reviewed in issue 8/1988
Scriabin Symphonies and Tone Poems
There can be few more thrilling sounds on disc (and no more compelling reason for a totally sound-proofed listening room)...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 7/1991
Boulez Cantatas and Orchestral Works
BBC Singers | BBC Symphony Orchestra | Elisabeth Laurence | Phyllis Bryn-Julson | Pierre Boulez
Boulez's two cantatas are often spoken of as a pair, if only because both set texts by Rene Char, but...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/1990
Boulez Domaines
Diego Masson | Michel Portal | Musique Vivante Ensemble
This is the second reissue (the first was in 1979) ofa lively performance of one of Boulez's most approachable works....
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 5/1985
R. Strauss Orchestral Songs
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Claudio Abbado | Karita Mattila
Strauss’s Op. 33, written in 1896-7, is entitled Vier Gesange, written for voice and orchestra. Following Mahler’s example, Strauss was...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1999
Rossini La donna del lago
Although La donna del lago was written in 1819, towards the end of Rossini's time in Naples, it has little...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/1995
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