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Pizzetti String Quartets

Described in The Concise Grove Dictionary of Music as a “serious-minded conservative [who] looked for a renewal of Italian opera...

Reviewed in issue 4/1996

Vocal Teamwork - Rare Operatic Ensembles

From duet to nonet, ‘elaborate formality’ to ‘emotionally charged’ ensemble; from (precisely) Luigi Mosca to Giacomo Meyerbeer (but essentially Rossini...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 5/2006

Ginastera/Mathias Harp Concertos

The connection between Wales and the harp is a long-standing one, and Mathias's part in it began 12 years before...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 12/1994

Gounod Faust

Mephistopheles is in his kingdom here. From ''Me voici'' to ''Jugee'' Boris Christoff occupies the centre of the stage, incomparably...

Reviewed in issue 7/1989

Marais Alcione-Suites

Delight but not surprise should greet this recording of instrumental music from Marin Marais's most successful opera, bearing in mind...

Reviewed in issue 2/1995

Schubert Winterreise

Since Fischer-Dieskau and Brendel performed the work on television and at Covent Garden (an unforgettable occasion), their account of Winterreise...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1986

Paganini Caprices

Here are two violinists who take a radically different approach to the Paganini Caprices. The almost legendary Michael Rabin, who...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 9/1993

C.P.E.Bach/Marcello Oboe Works

C. P. E. Bach's attention to the flute, doubtless catalysed by the presence of Frederick the Great and Quantz, did...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 6/1993

Cherubini Complete String Quartets

Monica Huggett leads for Nos 1, 3 and 5, Pavlo Beznosiuk for the others. The democratic exchange of places doesn’t...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 10/2003

Wagner Parsifal - excs

This is a significant, indeed indispensable, issue on several counts. It makes available at a paltry price the most uplifting,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1999

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