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Liszt Orchestral Songs

None of these songs was originally conceived in terms of the orchestra, though in rescoring the more familiar piano versions...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 7/1987

Mendelssohn Symphonies

It is timely that just as the London Philharmonic is taking up its prestigious residency at the Royal Festival Hall,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1992

Sempre amor - Portuguese Love Songs

A charming and unusual disc though not one to play through continuously (I suggest) at one sitting. The love songs...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2003

Handel Concerti Grossi, Op.6

Hard on the heels of the LP release of Handel's Op. 6 concertos comes this CD issue. These performances, at...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1984

Beethoven Choral Symphony

Of these two wartime performances of the Ninth Symphony, the 1942 Berlin version is greatly to be preferred. It has...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/1994

Wagner - Father and Son

New Zealand-born Simon O’Neill seems assured of a glittering future at a time when international demand for tenors able to...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 8/2010

Berlioz Nuits d' été; Ravel Shéhérazade

Bernarda Fink’s strong, flexible voice is well matched to all that Ravel asks of her, from the lively snapshots of...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/2007

Dupré Organ Works, Vol 1

If you like your Dupre on a genuine Cavaille-Coll organ, distantly recorded and surrounded by clouds of aural incense, this...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 2/2000

Bruckner Symphony No 1

Like Karajan (DG), Sawallisch elects to record the original 1866 Linz version of this symphony. It is often pointed out...

Reviewed in issue 9/1986

Twentieth Century British Piano Works

This is music of moderation, well played and well recorded. None of the composers has a sufficiently strong personality to...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 10/1991

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