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Beethoven Symphony 3; Coriolan Overture

In at least two of his Beethoven cycles, Karajan finished with the Eroica; Abbado, by contrast, has chosen to start...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/1987

Shostakovich Symphony 5

Shostakovich's Fifth may be one of the most popular twentieth-century symphonies, but there is no sign that this is leading...

Reviewed in issue 3/1987

Maxwell Davies Orchestral Works

This is a useful record, which not only makes available some of Maxwell Davies's most recent music (notably the Caroline...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/1992

Schumann Lieder, Vol. 3

Stutzmann remains a thoughtful, intensely musical interpreter of Lieder, and her dark-hued contralto is a voice with appreciable overtones that...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1997

Stokowski Spectacular

Edward Greenfield gave this issue something of a rave review when it first appeared in LP format. He had reservations...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/1985

Harty An Irish Symphony; A Comedy Overture

Chandos Records have done Hamilton Harty proud in their series of his music played by the Ulster Orchestra under Bryden...

Reviewed in issue 9/1984

Beethoven & Schubert: Piano Works

As in the two Schubert sonatas that recently came my way (EMI CDC7 49631-2, 9/89), so again in these shorter...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 10/1989

Per un bacio - 17th Century Italian Cantatas & Madrigals

The standard textbook view is that Italian solo songs (together with duets and trios) were an early 17th-century ‘invention’, facilitated...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 9/2005

Fortner; Mahler; Martin Lieder

Presuppose a listener who looks at the record shelves and says: ‘Give me music that speaks my language but extends...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/2003

Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet

It was George Szell who made the Cleveland Orchestra into a highly responsive virtuoso body, and when he died in...

Reviewed in issue 2/1987

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