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Glazunov; Khachaturian; Prokofiev Violin Concertos
Julia Fischer | Russian National Orchestra | Yakov Kreizberg
I first heard Julia Fischer in 1995 as a 12-year-old in the Yehudi Menuhin Violin Competition. Not only did she...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/2005
Lehár Die lustige Witwe
In Capriccio the proposition is raised that an opera be written about these very people, the cast in fact, who...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/2000
MAHLER Symphony No 9
Budapest Festival Orchestra | Hallé Orchestra | Mark Elder
How many Ninths do we really need? From Bruno Walter to Bruno Maderna (BBC, 8/06 – nla) and beyond, the...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2015
Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 6-8
Adám Fischer | Antál Dorati | Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra | Philharmonia Hungarica
Haydn's three 'programe' symphonies of 1761 are the most colourful and fetching of all his early works. They were probably...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 9/1990
Borodin Prince Igor
The EMI booklet correctly describes Prince Igor as an opera in a Prologue and four acts. However, the recording leaves...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/1990
Bartók Ballet & Orchestral Music
Adám Fischer | Hiroyuki Iwaki | Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
Three companies, each with the same idea. The Hungarian performances on Nimbus are by far the most interesting, but also...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 6/1990
Dvorák Slavonic Dances
Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Nikolaus Harnoncourt
First‚ a simple test case: the Slavonic Dance No 15 in C‚ Op 72 No 7. Nikolaus Harnoncourt an the...
Reviewed in issue 7/2002
STANFORD Shamus O'Brien (Parry)
Remember when we used to be told that there was no significant British opera between Purcell and Britten? If there...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2024
Dvorák Cello Concerto; Symphonic Variations
Budapest Festival Orchestra | Pieter Wispelwey
Dutch firm Channel Classics has been stepping in where major internationals are being cautious – recording the central repertoire. Here...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/2007
WAGNER DER RING
As perspectives on the Solti/Culshaw enterprise lengthen, and critical reactions are kept alert by the regular appearance of new, or...
Reviewed in issue 8/1998
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