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BEETHOVEN Symphonies Nos 1 - 9 (Complete)

This set of the nine symphonies derives from two cycles given in the Berlin Philharmonie in October 2015. Subscribers to...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 06/2016

BARTÓK Violin Concerto No 2. Concerto for Orchestra

Although I would hesitate to grant this flexible and generally well-recorded live performance of the Second Violin Concerto top-of-league status,...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2016

ALBÉNIZ Piano Concerto No 1. Suite española

For Oliver Messiaen, Albéniz was ‘parmi les étoiles’, and it is easy to see the attraction of music blazing with...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 06/2016

RACHMANINOV Etudes-tableaux. Moments musicaux

Boris Giltburg, the Russian-born Israeli pianist who won the 2013 Queen Elisabeth Competition, is that genuine rarity: a pianist whose...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2016

Pumeza Matshikiza: Arias

Proclaimed the ‘Voice of Hope’ in her debut album for Decca (A/14), the South African soprano Pumeza Matshikiza carried more...

Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 06/2016

WAGNER Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

As an LP (Vox or Urania), Kempe’s early recording of Wagner’s comedy was the first to be internationally circulated. A...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 06/2016

VERDI La forza del destino

Hot on the heels of Sony’s Cav & Pag starring Jonas Kaufmann, here comes a another outstanding release featuring the...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 06/2016

SULLIVAN HMS Pinafore

‘We’re about to weigh anchor with one of the best-loved comic operas ever,’ announces Tim Brooke-Taylor immediately after the overture...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2016

GINASTERA The Vocal Album

Plácido Domingo sang the title-role in the US premiere of Alberto Ginastera’s Don Rodrigo with the New York City Opera...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2016

CORIGLIANO The Ghosts of Versailles. HIGDON Cold Mountain

I was in the audience the night John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles had its premiere at the Metropolitan Opera...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 06/2016

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