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Bloch; Bruch; Schumann Works for Cello & Orchestra

The outstanding performance in this collection of concertante cello works is of Bloch’s Schelomo, which comes as a rich and...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/2005

Grieg Orchestral & Vocal Works

Unicorn-Kanchana have already put us in their debt with the complete Peer Gynt music (RHS361-2, 4/79) and a recording of...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1984

Vaughan Williams Symphony No 2; Lark Ascending

It is now some 16 years since Previn's first recording of A London Symphony for RCA, and the new version...

Reviewed in issue 7/1987

Mozart Edition, Vol.22

The six discs that constitute Volume 22 of the Philips Complete Mozart Edition come with a booklet so substantial that...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 4/1992

Elias (The) Prayer Cycle

If the classical crossover movement has produced some wonderful cultural fusions, it has also bred the cynicism that classical music...

Reviewed by kmulhall in issue: 11/1999

Mozart Concertos

The five Mozart violin concertos all date from the composer's late teens in Salzburg, and indeed Grove dates them all...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1992

Bach Cantatas, Volume 12

These 11 cantatas represent the absolute kernel of Bach’s cantata oeuvre‚ and Koopman’s series too‚ as the great ‘chorale’ cantatas...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/2002

Salut!

Though this is the Polish tenor’s first recital disc (hence the greeting, “Salut!”), his name, voice and, probably, appearance will...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/2008

Brahms & Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos

I think it's true to say that Ida Haendel has made fewer records than is merited by her status as...

Reviewed in issue 10/1994

Wagner Parsifal

Superficially, at least, each of these mid-price CD transfers might seem to offer a distinctively French perspective on Wagner's final...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1992

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