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Cherubini Missa Solemnis; Motets

The latest in Riccardo Muti’s sequence of Cherubini Masses is one of the least known, the eighth of the 11,...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/2007

Falla (La) Vida breve

A poorly paced libretto and unsatisfactory resolution make La vida breve an unconvincing piece in the theatre. On disc Falla’s...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 11/2006

Offenbach (La) Belle Hélène

Andrew Lamb reviewed the CD of this production in deservedly glowing terms in last year’s Awards issue. But DVD‚ with...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Bach Harpsichord Concertos

Transferring Bach’s music from one instrument to another is all the rage these days – no fewer than seven of...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 4. Piano Sonata No 2. Corelli Variations

This, the third and final instalment in Decca’s Thibaudet/Ashkenazy Rachmaninov concerto cycle (previous issues were reviewed in 12/94 and 10/95),...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/1998

Soler Ifigenia in Aulide

“The exhilarating force, expressivity and technical demands of an opera like Ifigenia leave us dumbfounded.” Conductor Juan Bautista Otero certainly...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 4/2007

Britten Cello Symphony; Death in Venice Suite

These are impressive performances, as I indicated in my review of the LP disc, and being excellently recorded they sound...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

Mussorgsky; Stravinsky Works for Two Pianos

The Rite of Spring is the only one of Stravinsky’s four Russian ballets that contains no part for piano and,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 1/2005

Gounod Symphonies Nos 1 and 2

Gounod’s symphonies, boomed the first edition of Grove magisterially, “are of no importance”; and this dismissive judgement has persisted until...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 1/1997

(The) Archive of the Elder Bachs

Alt-Bachisches Archiv is the name given to a collection of music by the older members of the family – that...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/2003

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