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Review of Bach Brandenburg Concertos

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

Review of Sibelius Syms Nos 6 & 7 etc

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

Review of Falla, Milhaud & Stravinsky Operas

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

Review of MacCunn Orchestral & Operatic Works

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

Review of Chinese Recorder Concertos

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

Review of Vivaldi Pyrotechnics: Opera Arias

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

Review of Wagner Tannhäuser

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

Review of Rachmaninov Etudes-tableaux

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

Review of Shostakovich Symphony No 4

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

Review of Solomon in Berlin

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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