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Bach Brandenburg Concertos

The stylistic problems facing users of modern instruments in early music may be—and these days commonly are—solved to the satisfaction...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/1991

Sibelius Syms Nos 6 & 7 etc

Yet another commendable anthology from Petri Sakari and the Iceland orchestra – a most enjoyable conclusion to their Sibelius symphony...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: /2000

Falla, Milhaud & Stravinsky Operas

Three operas on one disc? Yes, though obviously not grand ones with chorus: they instead use chamber forces, so today...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 7/1991

MacCunn Orchestral & Operatic Works

“Another hugely enjoyable Hyperion rescue-act” was AA’s initial term of welcome for the previous disc in the Scottish Romantics series...

Reviewed in issue 2/1996

Chinese Recorder Concertos

The title is a bit of a stretch, since only Chen Yi’s The Ancient Chinese Beauty (2008) was actually...

Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 1/2011

Vivaldi Pyrotechnics: Opera Arias

An anthology of Vivaldi opera arias entitled “Pyrotechnics” featuring an orgy of gutsy coloratura singing from Vivica Genaux and directed...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 5/2010

Wagner Tannhäuser

When the Solti set appeared on LP, both EG, and Desmond Shawe-Taylor in his ''Quarterly Retrospect'' of April 1972, made...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1985

Rachmaninov Etudes-tableaux

Nikolai Lugansky is a 22-year-old Russian pianist a major winner in the recent Tchaikovsky Competition and a favourite student of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/1995

Shostakovich Symphony No 4

This is by far the most successful of Eliahu Inbal's Shostakovich cycle to date—somewhat surprisingly, given that the Fourth Symphony...

Reviewed in issue 7/1993

Solomon in Berlin

This invaluable issue brings together on two short CDs recitals given by Solomon in 1956 for RIAS (Berlin radio). This...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/1995

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