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Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen
''Not again!'' could be the seasoned reader's reaction to the above heading. But even classics of the gramophone have to...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 3/1989
Mozart Lucio Silla
Adám Fischer | Ars Nova Copenhagen | Danish Radio Sinfonietta
The Milan premiere of Lucio Silla, on Boxing Day 1772, was a near-fiasco: ham acting from the last-minute tenor and...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 13/2009
Penderecki Cello Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Arto Noras | Krzysztof Penderecki | Sinfonia Varsovia
Arto Noras is a vigorous‚ stylish cello soloist in all three of the works listed here‚ though only one –...
Reviewed in issue 3/2002
Haydn Symphonies Nos 45 & 55; Mozart Piano Concerto No12
These six Decca discs, ‘Britten at Aldeburgh’, follow up the series already issued on the BBC Legends label. All bar...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2000
Schubert Winterreise
Gerald Moore | Hans Hotter | Norman Shetler | Siegfried Lorenz
It is remarkable and surprising just how many versions of this cycle are already available on CD (four others besides...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1988
Wagner (Der) Ring des Nibelungen
Not before time Clemens Krauss’s Ring, which many, including myself, consider to be the most compelling and best-cast cycle, is...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/2004
MENDELSSOHN Elias (Sawallisch)
A great Elijah should grab you even before the Overture – those sombre chords, that ringing proclamation. This recording, taken...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: AW23
Bartok: Works for Piano & Orchestra
Budapest Festival Orchestra | Zoltán Kocsis
A glance at timings might suggest that Philips have not packaged these performances to best advantage. The Scherzo and the...
Reviewed in issue 1/1988
Offenbach Orphée aux enfers
Offenbach’s Orphée aux enfers has enjoyed more modern recordings than this 1951 offering. EMI has released both the larger-scale 1874...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 5/2004
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra
Budapest Festival Orchestra | Sluk Chamber Choir of Bratislava
Anyone on the hunt for a competitive digital version of Bartók’s masterly Concerto for Orchestra need look no further. Among...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2005
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