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Bartók Orchestral Works

Sir Simon Rattle's Bartokian credentials have never been better displayed on disc, while this particular version of The Miraculous Mandarin...

Reviewed in issue 1/1995

Vivaldi String Concertos, Vol 3

Like its predecessor,Volume 3 of Collegium Musicum 90’s survey of Vivaldi’s string concertos offers a varied selection of works which...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 6/2003

Alwyn Chamber Works

Alwyn's representation in the catalogue is growing; the present LP fits happily into the representation in that none of the...

Reviewed in issue 12/1985

Bartók Songs

Kodaly's rose-tinted orchestrations of Bartok's uncompromisingly erotic Op. 15 (Sz61) make for pleasant listening, but they sidetrack the real heart...

Reviewed in issue 7/1993

Composers Inspired by the Poet Friedrich Hölderlin

All these works are settings of texts by Friedrich Holderlin, but in contrast with Mitsuko Shirai's absorbing Holderlin song recital...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1995

Beethoven: Complete Violin Sonatas

There are already six CD sets of Beethoven's complete violin sonatas, but this is the first to employ period instruments—a...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 1/1989

Castelnuovo-Tedesco Vocal and Guitar Works

Castelnuovo-Tedesco's flirtations with 'modernity' were probably prompted by his waning success in Hollywood, where the stylistic tide had flowed past...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1994

Verdi Un Ballo in maschera

Well sung as the Solti/Decca set may be, I find this 1981 recording a far more satisfying and unified performance...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1986

Fibich Sarka

Sarka was the Bohemian warrior maiden expelled from the court of Prince Premysl after the death of Libuse, together with...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/1997

Brahms Lieder

Thomas Allen has left the idle hill of summer for the bosky landscapes of Mittel Europa in a recording of...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 9/1990

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