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Monteverdi (L') Incoronazione di Poppea

As well as being the most compelling of all early operas, L’incoronazione di Poppea is also the most problematic. One...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 13/2005

Debussy Nocturnes; Jeux

In its LP format, this record won much acclaim not only on artistic grounds but for the quality of the...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 6/1983

Songs of Angels

Gautier de Coincy (d1236) is one of those odd figures in the history of music who may not have been...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 1/2003

Henze Sebastian im Traum; Mahler Symphony No 6

Hot on the heels (or so it seems) of Jansons’s LSO Live recording (10/03) comes this rival version from his...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 7/2006

Alfano Risurrezione

It is not long since Alfano’s almost-forgotten Cyrano de Bergerac made its appearance on record (4/03), to the surprise and...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 10/2003

Lully (trans D'Anglebert) Pieces for harpsichord

''It must be owned that the works of this incomparable man are of a taste far superior to all other....

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1988

Dvorák Chamber Works

The last recording of the Dvorak Piano Quintet that I reviewed in these pages offered a high-powered performance from Menahem...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1996

Sullivan Orchestral Works

A decent modern recording of Sullivan's Irish Symphony was long overdue, so this new rendering from Owain Arwel Hughes and...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/1995

Hindemith Complete Viola Music

The previous two instalments of this series (9/95 and 5/96) were notable for the warmth of tone Cortese brought to...

Reviewed in issue 3/1997

Einem Dantons Tod

Dantons Tod is that rare phenomenon, a popular contemporary opera: it has been in the repertoire in German-speaking countries virtually...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 7/1985

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