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Tchaikovsky Swan Lake

This new Decca version of Swan Lake is an absolutely complete recording of Tchaikovsky's original score, but including also the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1993

Children's Corner - Katin

Many composers retain something of childhood's sense of wonder, and several have written sets of pieces for, or about, children....

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 7/1993

Parry Soul's Ransom/Lotus-Eaters

The Chandos Parry series, conducted by Matthias Bamert, here brings us two almost totally unknown choral works—wisely not the oratorios...

Reviewed in issue 1/1992

Mozart Lucio Silla

The Milan premiere of Lucio Silla, on Boxing Day 1772, was a near-fiasco: ham acting from the last-minute tenor and...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 13/2009

Mahler Symphony No 9

Alban Berg described the first movement of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony as “permeated by the premonition of death”. In this cleanly...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 6/2007

Hamelin plays Liszt

This richly inclusive recital examines Liszt’s genius from every multifaceted angle. Whether you are hypnotized by the strange hallucinatory light...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/1997

George Frederick Handel: A Birthday Celebration

The above heading says it all. Umpteen pretty pieces shorn from their context so that Handel's birthday is not celebrated...

Reviewed in issue 5/1985

Verdi Otello

There is great cheering in the Liceu at the close of this Otello and particularly for the Otello himself. But...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2007

Bach Brandenburg Concertos

There is a sufficient variety of recordings of the Brandenburgs currently available to suit most tastes; yet there are always...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1999

Brahms Cycle I - Symphonies Nos 1-4

Bernstein’s Brahms gets off to an unlikely start. He continues to bow to the audience long after it has ceased...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 9/2008

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