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Venturini Concerti da Camera

Contrary to what you might be expecting, Francesco Venturini (c1675-1745) is not some justly forgotten two-a-penny Italian Baroque concerto composer:...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2007

Itzhak Perlman - Concertos from my Childhood

Itzhak Perlman has here had the charming idea of going back to some of the concertante works which he learnt...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1999

Janácek Jenufa

In the quarter of a century since this recording was issued, appreciation of Janacek has come far. This was the...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1995

Dvorák Two Piano Quartets

If these performances initially sound more up-front than Domus on Hyperion, that's largely because the recording places the listener closer...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 10/1990

Grieg Peer Gynt

Space does not permit a detailed account of the genesis of this 'complete' music for Peer Gynt. Suffice to say...

Reviewed in issue 5/1987

Wagner Götterdämmerung

This is, by and large, a magnificent achievement. Indeed, I would dare a prophecy: it may become known as one...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1991

Mozart Serenades for Wind Ensemble

A challenge for any group performing Mozart’s great wind serenades is finding a happy balance between a euphonious ensemble blend...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 5/2006

Sibelius Orchestral Works

Two transfers of the 1937 account of Sibelius’s Fourth Symphony, one on EMI, the other on Koch Legacy. Both are...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1992

Palestrina Stabat Mater

Holy Week, on this new recording, is announced by the Cardinal’s Musick with the strong rising fifth of the opening...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 12/2003

Mozart Don Giovanni

In the voluminous history of Don Giovanni recordings, an honoured place has always been accorded to the Giulini version of...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 8/1998

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