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Orchestral Works

Audio experts may well have differing views about the Mercury Living Presence recording technique. Is the ''true clarity and full...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 3/1991

Lehár (Die) Blaue Mazur, 'The Blue Mazurka'

Lehár loved to vary the geographical settings in his operettas, and Die blaue Mazur (“The Blue Mazurka”) was his...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 0/0

Beethoven Missa Solemnis; Verdi 4 Pezzi sacri

On its first appearance, Solti's recording of the Missa solemnis found itself much in the shade of Klemperer's (EMI), just...

Reviewed in issue 7/1990

Vivaldi Gloria; Bach Magnificat

This new issue from Telarc couples two of the most popular baroque choral works, Vivaldi's Gloria (RV589) and Bach's Magnificat...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1989

Wagner (Die) Walküre

Sir Simon’s Wagner appears here officially for the first time on disc – although EMI did record (and circulate privately...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 1/2009

Robert Merrill Recital

This, you might think, is not really Preiser’s territory, being from the States and post-war. Still, all are from 78rpm...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 8/2000

Music of Sixteenth-Century Rome

Rather like an effective insect repellant, CD fidelity clears the air of all those tiny surface noises that blemish this...

Reviewed in issue 5/1985

Dupré Vespers, Op 18

This is a deeply moving, infinitely rewarding disc, the combination of Herald's evocative recording of the great Notre-Dame organ, Philippe...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 4/1995

Dvorák & Fauré Piano Quartets

This 18-year-old recording has come up remarkably well on CD. The original release of the Dvorak was criticized on account...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 11/1988

Emma Calvé Complete Victor Recordings 1907-16

Calve is still a name to conjure with – the great revealer of Carmen in the 1890s, the “irresistibly moving...

Reviewed in issue 6/1997

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