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Rosenthal Vocal & Instrumental Works

Manuel Rosenthal’s name is well known as a conductor, and as arranger of the high-spirited Offenbach caper Gaite Parisienne, to...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1996

Thibaud and Long play Mozart

That meticulous and just observer of the violin world, Carl Flesch, expressed admiration for the playing of Jacques Thibaud but...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1996

Busoni Works for Piano & Orchestra

Busoni's Concerto for piano and strings was in fact written (at the age of 12!) for piano and string quartet;...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1999

Mozart: Symphonies

As one whose professional activities oblige him to have a knowledge of previous recordings of these three delectable symphonies by...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1989

Verdi Simon Boccanegra

Welcome as this is, the first appearance on CD of the original 1857 version of Boccanegra – second in Opera...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/2004

Mozart Concertos

My favourite version of the Flute and Harp Concerto is certainly this latest one from Richard Hickox, which also has...

Reviewed in issue 8/1987

Canteloube Chants d'Auvergne; Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras 5

With a few irresistible exceptions, second helpings are an over-rated pleasure; not without perils either. Canteloube continued to collect and...

Reviewed by jswain in issue: 11/1984

Dvorak & Friends - Czech Wind Music

''Dvorak and Friends'' is this record's whimsical title. 'Friends' is pushing it a bit: Krommer (1759-1831) and Myslivecek (1737-81) were...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 8/1992

Handel Theodora

Handel’s penultimate oratorio recounts the martyrdom of the lovers Theodora and Didymus, and is the most perfectly balanced and coherent...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2003

Massenet Werther

What a power it has, after all, this old piece with its contrived poignancies of merriment and tragedy, its facile...

Reviewed in issue 5/1992

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