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Plácido Domingo & Jennifer Rowley: The Versailles Gala
Jennifer Rowley | Laurent Campellone | Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal | Plácido Domingo
>It is well over a decade now since Plácido Domingo controversially transitioned from tenor to baritone roles, a repertory he...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 02/2023
WEINBERG The Passenger (Kluttig)
Some 55 years after its composition and 25 years since its composer’s death, The Passenger has well and truly arrived....
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 02/2022
Schubert Complete Symphonies
Riccardo Muti | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
This orchestra's native Schubertian instincts are as often hampered as harnessed by Muti's control, yielding less distinctive local colour and...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 5/1994
BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique
This concert recording of the ‘Episode in the Life of an Artist’ and its lesser-known sequel has repeats in the...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 11/2015
Beethoven Edition, Vol. 3 - Orchestral & Stage Works
Beethoven writing occasional pieces and ballet or incidental music is the composer on automatic pilot or, to put it another...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 13/1997
Hear My Words
Andrew Nethsingha | St John's College Choir, Cambridge | Timothy Ravalde
A word of reassurance to those who fear that this may be a “lovely” programme of hallowed pot-boilers – and...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 1/2011
Beethoven Symphonies Nos 1 - 9
(Eric) Ericson Chamber Choir | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Claudio Abbado | Swedish Radio Choir
The finest of fine lines can divide routine and revelation. Reviewing Claudio Abbado’s original Berlin set of the nine (DG,...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/2008
Beethoven Theatre Music
Two sets of incidental music here show Beethoven turning to as a professional theatre composer, only sometimes transcending the fairly...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/1996
BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto, Op 61 BERG Violin Concerto
Claudio Abbado | Isabelle Faust | Mozart Orchestra
The Beethoven and Berg violin concertos aren’t commonly paired on disc. However, in this case it seems like an inspired...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 03/2012
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
The Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg does not have a particularly good track record as a recording venue; there is a...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 1/1997
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