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Wagner Siegfried

In JW's long and crucial review of this set when it was first issued (crucial because its thoughtful enthusiasm must...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1991

Haydn Creation Mass & Schubert Magnificat D486

Set in a warm church acoustic, these period performances of Haydn and Schubert, recorded live, demonstrate just how far Nikolaus...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2000

Messiaen Éclairs sur l'Au-Delà

This recording dates from 1994, and if only it had been issued earlier it would have given the other two...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 11/1996

Mozart Coronation Mass

Marcus Bosch, the city of Aachen’s Generalmusikdirektor, favours brisk tempi in two concerted choral works from the final year or...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 13/2009

Stanford Orchestral Works

In his informative essay accompanying this disc, Lewis Foreman tells us that Stanford's Fourth Symphony was commissioned by and first...

Reviewed in issue 3/1991

Regis Opera Omnia

Johannes Regis is certainly not a household name, mainly because very little of his music survives, far less than for...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 7/2009

Ince Symphony 2 etc

Are we really living through a golden age of accessible new music? The present issue provides fresh evidence that the...

Reviewed in issue 11/1997

Lang Lang - Live at Carnegie Hall

Deutsche Grammophon continues to display an erratic recent track record when it comes to recording and promotig young, photogenic pianists....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 5/2004

Mozart Symphonies

The high promise of Jeffrey Tate's first HMV record of Mozart symphonies, coupling Nos. 40 and 41 (EL270154-1, 2/85) is...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1985

Verdi Ernani

Readers of A Prima Donna’s Progress, Sutherland’s autobiography (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1/98) may remember that in a relatively quiet period...

Reviewed in issue 4/1998

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