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Vaughan Williams/Arnold Symphonies

In the earliest days of stereo a small American label called Everest distinguished itself by making a series of recordings...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/1995

Merbecke Sacred Choral Music

It may surprise listeners to discover that John Merbecke (c1510-c1585) had once composed polyphonic works that could emulate the music...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 12/1996

Bartók String Quartets

Viewed from a purely historic perspective, you won’t find a more significant set of quartets Bartok quartets. Viewed as interpretation,...

Reviewed in issue 10/1999

Mendelssohn Symphonies for Strings

Occasional recordings of Mendelssohn's early symphonies for string orchestra began to appear in the early 1960s, but it was not...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 8/1993

Siegfried Wagner Overtures, Vol. 1

The enthusiasm attending the first performances of Siegfried Wagner’s first opera, Der Barenhauter in 1899 was such that a career...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/1996

Schubert Schwanengesang

Those who already have the DG version (recorded in 1972) by these artists on CD need not consider buying this...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1988

Mahler Symphony No 3

Though not disguising every single stitch and seam in the symphonic fabric, Solti's new reading of the Third Symphony has...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1983

Lindberg Complete Piano Music

Magnus Lindberg is best known on disc for expansive, richly expressive orchestral scores such as Aura, as well as the...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/2008

American Orchestral Works

Another imaginative release in this British series devoted to American music of which the major landmark is the first modern...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 4/1996

Verdi Don Carlo

The new Sony set comes tantalizingly close to being an unqualified recommendation. Levine realizes the nobility and inner intensity of...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1993

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