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Britten Canticles

The latest offering in Collins’s Britten Edition presents the five Canticles, something of a special creation in the Britten opus,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1996

Berlioz Béatrice et Bénédict

A live recording of Sir Colin Davis conducting Berlioz is always something to be welcomed. I get the impression everyone...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 12/2000

Mozart/Reger/Busoni Music for 2 Pianos

This remarkable recital first came about when Andras Schiff and Peter Serkin, referred to in Klaus Schwizer’s accompanying essay as...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/1999

Barber Piano Works

This enterprising disc collects Barber’s complete published solo piano music, from the juvenile Three Sketches (1923-4) to the powerful Ballade...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 7/1999

Berlioz L'Enfance du Christ

This new version of a well-loved work enters a distinguished list. Sir Colin Davis’s 1960 performance, led by Sir Peter...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1999

Hindemith Orchestral Works

Rickenbacher's resolutely Germanic approach better serves the pieties of Mathis than the fanciful parodies of the Weber Metamorphosis. In the...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 3/1990

José Cura - Verismo

Whether agreeing with the new book on Cura (see review on page 138) which finds his individuality a blessed relief...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/1999

Mozart Wind Concertos

A little over six months ago, Hans-Martin Linde's Mozart, the first recording of the flute concertos on period instruments, appeared...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 5/1988

Donizetti Lucrezia Borgia

Those who were at Buxton or Munich last summer will have been reminded that Donizetti’s Victor Hugo melodramma is a...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 3/2010

English Classical Clarinet Concertos

John Mahon, whose name is new to the record catalogue, was the most celebrated British clarinettist of his day; he...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 8/1997

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