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Review of Boccherini Cello Sonatas

Boccherini Cello Sonatas

Anner Bylsma | Bob van Asperen | Kenneth Slowik

Vivarte

Anner Bylsma is a tremendous enthusiast, whose high spirits and nervous energy never fail to manifest themselves in his performances....

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 3/1994

Review of Penderecki Stabat Mater

Penderecki Stabat Mater

Juha Kuivanen | Tapiola Chamber Choir

Finlandia

There is a neat correspondence in the way the earliest and most recent pieces included here – Stabat mater (1962)...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 3/1996

Review of Mozart Piano Concertos 20 & 25

Mozart Piano Concertos 20 & 25

Alicia de Larrocha | Colin Davis | English Chamber Orchestra

Red Seal

Although primarily associated with the Spanish repertoire Alicia de Larrocha has increasingly found a special place in her affections for...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/1996

Review of Dodgson Orchestral & Vocal Works

Dodgson Orchestral & Vocal Works

Anthea Gifford | Jean-Jacques Kantorow | John Bradbury | Michael George | Northern Sinfonia | Robert Stallman | Ronald Zollman

Biddulph

Biddulph, the label which has done such sterling work in publishing archive recordings of great violinists and others, here ventures...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/1994

Review of R.Strauss Orchestral Works

R.Strauss Orchestral Works

Christoph von Dohnányi | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Decca

With Ashkenazy recording Strauss in Cleveland, Decca and Christoph von Dohnanyi return to Vienna for this generous and technically accomplished...

Reviewed in issue 6/1992

Review of Verdi Requiem & Schubert Mass 6

Verdi Requiem & Schubert Mass 6

Amy Shuard | Anna Reynolds | Anne Pashley | Carlo Maria Giulini | David Hughes | David Ward | Duncan Robertson | New Philharmonia Orchestra | Philharmonia Chorus | Philharmonia Orchestra

BBC Music Legends/IMG Artists

All things come to those who wait, I reflected, when I saw that BBC Legends had chosen to release Giulini’s...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 7/2000

Review of M-A. Charpentier Office de Ténèbres

M-A. Charpentier Office de Ténèbres

(Le) Parlement de Musique | Martin Gester

Opus 111

I enjoyed an earlier disc of Charpentier's music (Opus 111, 9/91) performed by Le Parlement de Musique; but, as is...

Reviewed in issue 9/1992

Review of Newman, T Oscar and Lucinda: film score

Newman, T Oscar and Lucinda: film score

Original Soundtrack | Paulist Boy Choristers of California | Thomas Newman

Classical

Thomas Newman is the youngest son of Alfred Newman, and, like his elder brother David and cousin Randy, he has...

Reviewed in issue 5/1998

Review of Mahler Symphony No 3

Mahler Symphony No 3

Anna Larsson | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus | Claudio Abbado | London Symphony Chorus (amateur)

DG

Mahler’s Third Symphony was first recorded commercially in 1951‚ but it was not until the 1960s that the composer was...

Reviewed in issue 7/2002

Review of Weber: Euryanthe

Weber: Euryanthe

Harald Neukirch | Jessye Norman | Leipzig Radio Chorus | Marek Janowski | Nicolai Gedda | Renate Krahmer | Rita Hunter | Siegfried Vogel | Staatskapelle Dresden | Tom Krause

EMI

This is a welcome return to the catalogue of a masterly work that is never going to find a steady...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/1991

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