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Mozart Piano Concertos 18 & 24
Claudio Abbado | London Symphony Orchestra | Rudolf Serkin
A rhythmically and tonally firm start to the B flat major Concerto from Claudio Abbado and the LSO initially seems...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1988
(A) Spotless Rose
Gabrieli Consort | Paul McCreesh
Hard on the heels of Charles Bruffy’s alluring Marian anthology (Chandos, 11/08) comes this even more varied, chronologically wideranging and...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2009
Claudio Abbado: The Last Concert
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Claudio Abbado | Deborah York | Stella Doufexis
This opulently arrayed set presents a record and film of Claudio Abbado’s final concert with the Berlin Philharmonic, recorded a...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 03/2016
Mozart Flute and Harp, Clarinet Concertos; Flute Concerto No. 1
When last year this recording of the Mozart Clarinet Concerto first appeared, with Sabine Meyer joined by Claudio Abbado conducting...
Reviewed in issue 7/2001
Verdi Aida - excs
All the plums are here in these excerpts from the taut Abbado version, in sound that shows again the advantages,...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1985
Verdi Sacred Choral Works
There is so much to admire in this dedicated, live performance of the Requiem, recorded in Vienna's Musikverein that I...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1993
Mozart and Haydn: Wind Concertos
These four concertos, played by principals from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, were recorded over a three-year period when session time...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1985
(The) Sixteen - Ikon
(The) Sixteen | Harry Christophers
There’s an Eastern Orthodox cast to much of this programme (nearer the surface on some pieces than others) with a...
Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 5/2006
Mahler Symphony No 7
Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Claudio Abbado
I wrote about Abbado's admirably judicious reading of the Seventh Symphony in March. The CD enhances one's pleasure in the...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/1985
Verdi Falstaff
For many years now‚ most important opera recordings have been identified by their conductors (Karajan’s this and Solti’s that)‚ but...
Reviewed in issue 10/2001
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