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Bach Wohltemperirte Klavier
''It would never sell'', protested the HMV high-ups in the early 1930s when their music staff argued that it was...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1990
Brahms Die Schöne Magalone
Andreas Staier | Christoph Prégardien | Vanessa Redgrave
The unsuspecting ear may be surprised to find that the first voice on this CD is that of Vanessa Redgrave....
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/2000
Mozart Violin Concertos Nos 3 & 4
Julia Fischer | Netherlands Chamber Orchestra | Yakov Kreizberg
All the works on the first volume in Pentatone’s series of Mozart’s music for violin and orchestra were composed in...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 12/2005
Schubert Complete Lieder, Vol.25
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Graham Johnson | Ian Bostridge
Bostridge and Johnson go to the heart of the matter, the young tenor in his aching tones and naturally affecting...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1996
Bartók Orchestral Works, Vol.1
Budapest Festival Orchestra | Hungarian Radio Chorus
As Mandarins go, they don’t come more miraculous than this – a vivid, no-holds-barred performance that henceforth tops my list...
Reviewed in issue 8/1997
Dvorák Orchestral Works.
Dvorák’s 10 Legends are crammed full of the most entrancing inspiration; Iván Fischer and his personable Budapest band are intensely...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2004
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1 & 6
Ákos Ács | Budapest Festival Orchestra | Minnesota Orchestra | Osmo Vänskä
Osmo Vänskä’s Beethoven chimes harmoniously with the Beethoven performances of other talented “maestros of the North”, men like Paavo Järvi...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 4/2008
Haydn Symphonies Nos 14-17
Adám Fischer | Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra
This latest instalment in Nimbus's complete Haydn cycle has the same overriding drawback as earlier issues: the acoustic of the...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 11/1992
Brahms Violin Concerto; Double Concerto
Daniel Müller-Schott | Julia Fischer | Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra | Yakov Kreizberg
Now well in her stride as a recording artist, German violinist Julia Fischer offers this ideal Brahms coupling in strong...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2007
Sullivan (The) Mikado; Iolanthe - highlights
Reviewing recent new recordings and reissues of The Mikado, I have regretted the continuing absence from the catalogue of...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 4/1994
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