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Maria Callas: Popular Music from TV, Film and Opera
After the recent auction of Callas’s personal effects in Paris these new compilations of her recordings are topical. The single...
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 12/2000
Castillon Orchestral Works
Aldo Ciccolini | Georges Prêtre | Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra
There is always a fascination in looking back, with the benefit of hindsight, at a work which was initially a...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 10/1986
Mahler Symphony No 9
Jukka-Pekka Saraste | WDR Symphony Orchestra
Mahler is all about weighing and balancing the extremes – heart and intellect, tempo and dynamics, tension and release –...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 3/2011
Walton Symphony No 1; Partita
English Northern Philharmonia | Paul Daniel
Paul Daniel and the English Northern Philharmonia follow up the success of their first Walton disc for Naxos – coupling...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1998
Bach (The) Art of Fugue
One of the leading virtues of this performance is the way each player colours and characterises individual voices. A good...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 1/2004
Scharwenka Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3
Hanover Radio Philharmonic Orchestra | Seta Tanyel | Tadeusz Strugala
Scharwenka would surely have been heartened by Seta Tanyel’s admirable campaign on his behalf. Here, she continues with the Second...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/1997
Léon Goossens plays Bach, Handel & Mozart
This record comes a year after the centenary of the birth of Leon Goossens, but is timely enough in celebration...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/1998
Debussy: Orchestral Works
Cleveland Orchestra | Cleveland Orchestra Chorus | Vladimir Ashkenazy
Like other Decca recordings from Cleveland the quality is splendid, with rich orchestral tapestries, luminous wind timbres and convincing perspectives...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1987
Schoenberg Gurrelieder
This performance was extremely well received when it first appeared (it won a Gramophone Award)‚ and its merits are many...
Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 10/2001
Conchita Supervia Rossini & Bizet Arias
In this three-way comparison of transfers the EMI improves on the Preiser to just about the same extent as the...
Reviewed in issue 9/1990
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