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Beecham conducts Schubert Symphonies

Those who grew up during the war years will remember this account of the Fifth Symphony with particular affection. True,...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 12/1995

Sibelius Orchestral and opera music

In spite of the undoubted excellence of the recorded sound, I was not unreservedly enthusiastic about the last issue in...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1984

Mendelssohn Choral Works

This disc explores Mendelssohn's choral writing in some depth, in particular his endlessly varied use of texture, the accent here...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 4/1990

R. Strauss Der Rosenkavalier

If ever one wanted to call this opera ''Baron Ochs'' this would be the occasion for, more than any of...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1994

Donizetti Maria Stuarda

Probing modern productions of bel canto operas are not yet common on DVD. Like the late Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Tunisian-born director...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 5/2011

Kalinnikov Symphonies Nos 1 and 2

Some Soviet analysts used to make great claims for these unfairly neglected scores. They may have been influenced by the...

Reviewed in issue 5/1993

Memento Bittersweet

There is much to be moved by on this disc, not just for sentimental reasons. With proceeds going towards ''Classical...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/1994

Brahms Symphony No 2; Mendelssohn Symphony No 4, 'Italian'

These are two of the last recordings the 95­year­old Stokowski made in London (the Bizet Symphony was to follow) in...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/2002

Burt und GOtt der HErr sprach

At less than 38 minutes, this is a paltry disc indeed. On the other hand I find almost 38 minutes...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 4/2000

(The) Legendary Dame Janet Baker

Outstanding here is the Elgar, perhaps because it is the one romantic composition in an essentially classical programme: for whatever...

Reviewed in issue 9/1999

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