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Karajan - His Video Legacy. New Year's Concert 1987

Karajan was a child of the sound recording era, but he never forgot that performing music also has its own...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 2/2000

German Lieder Recital

This interesting programme of (apart from the relatively familiar Zemlinsky items) rarities from turn-of-the-century Vienna was recorded at a public...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 8/1989

Stravinsky Orchestral Works

In welcoming the reissue of Igor Markevitch's Apollon musagete, I hope I made it clear that Marriner's account would be...

Reviewed in issue 4/1995

Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas

To celebrate the centenary last November of the birth of Wilhelm Kempff, DG offer in the Dokumente series this fascinating...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1996

Beethoven Symphonies

Mahler thought Beethoven's First and Sixth Symphonies to be fine examples of his humorous style but it's probably taken the...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1988

Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky; Scythian Suite

As Gergiev demonstrated on his recent rehearsal/ documentary DVD with the Rotterdam Philharmonic (ArtHaus, 9/02) he identifies strongly with the cultural...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 6/2003

Prokofiev Violin Sonatas 1 & 2

In their diametrically opposed ways the two violin sonatas are Prokofiev at his finest. They are both wartime pieces, the...

Reviewed in issue 2/1989

Dukas/Britten/Prokofiev Orchestral Works

Alas, Ben Kingsley’s narration of Peter and the Wolf is a disappointment. It is very low-key: at the beginning it...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/1996

Parisian Plainchant

This disc is a welcome addition to the growing number of chant recordings illustrating various repertoires and styles of performance...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 1/1996

Mozart Piano Concertos, Vol. 2

I have already expressed admiration in these pages for Howard Shelley's playing of Mozart's piano concertos and am glad to...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1992

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