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Stravinsky (The) Rake's Progress

In February 1953, 17 months after the world premiere in Venice, The Rake’s Progress received its first American production, conducted...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 11/2007

Venetian Easter Mass

This latest recording from the Gabrieli Consort and Players follows the now familiar format in their recordings of a ‘liturgical’...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 7/1997

Ives: Piano Works

It is a truism that there is no one right way to play a piece of music. But with Ives...

Reviewed in issue 11/1990

Haydn Harmoniemesse

''This record is designed as Hungaroton's tribute on the occasion of the seventy-fifth birthday of the great Hungarian conductor, Janos...

Reviewed in issue 12/1983

Brahms and his Contemporaries, Vol 1

This is the first of a planned series of three records entitled “Brahms and his Times”, intended, says Johannes Moser,...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/2007

Archbold/Fitch - Wind-Up

Thank heavens for small independent labels. There is a wealth of worthy composers whose music deserves wider recognition and accessibility...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 11/2000

Weber Complete Piano Sonatas

Weber's four sonatas were overdue for a new CD recording, and they have found a fine and sensitive interpreter in...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1989

Thalberg Variations on Operas by Rossini

In July 1994 I celebrated Vol. 1 of Francesco Nicolosi’s four-disc survey of Thalberg’s operatic fantasias. That disc was devoted...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/1996

Cifra Loreto Vespers

I confess that I’d never heard of Antonio Cifra (1584-1629), for 20 years from 1609 until his death the master...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 3/2011

Stokowski conducts Music from Russia, Vol III

This recording is not intended as another salvo in the ongoing debate about Chopin’s abilities as an orchestral or chamber...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 6/1997

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