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Britten Billy Budd

This first Venice production of Billy Budd was hailed as a ‘notable achievement’ by the local and international press. While...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 13/2003

Brahms: Piano Works

As a young man Brahms, a strong pianist himself, probably exulted in the sonatas, and later in the variations and...

Reviewed in issue 10/1987

William Kapell broadcasts, Vol.2

By the age of 31 William Kapell had already established a considerable reputation in the musical world: he had won...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1994

O Tuneful Voice

Hyperion have mustered an engaging ensemble of forces to re-create a generous and winsome programme of little-known songs and duets...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 12/1991

Handel Cantatas for Cardinal Pamphili

Although titled “Le cantate per il Cardinal Pamphili”, only two of the four works on this disc were composed for...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2006

Weill Protagonist (Der)

For admirers of Kurt Weill’s later music­theatre style‚ which began in 1927 with the Mahagonny­Gesänge‚ his three early one­act operas...

Reviewed in issue 4/2002

Marini Concerto terzo delle musiche da camera, 1649

These dozen pieces for voices and instruments all come from the eleventh published book of music, the Concerto terzo delle...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 3/1994

Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 5

Elegant, fine-toned and patrician, Benno Moiseiwitsch epitomises great musicianship of the past. Yet he was always personal and often impish,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/2005

Shostakovich Symphony No 8

If you get the opportunity to sample this disc, you may be able to make up your mind about it...

Reviewed in issue 1/1995

Toscanini Collection, Vol.66

Here is one disc which shows most sides of Toscanini's genius, from the exquisitely elegant Gluck Ballet to the incandescent,...

Reviewed in issue 11/1992

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