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Henze Collection

Released to celebrate the seventieth birthday (on July 1st) of Hans Werner Henze, this handsome 14-disc survey brings together the...

Reviewed in issue 8/1996

Bottesini Works for Double Bass

Bottesini war far from being just a star bass-player who had a go at writing for his instrument; indeed after...

Reviewed in issue 1/1984

Wagner Parsifal

Christian Thielemann conducts Wagner’s letzte Karte like a psychological thriller.He revels in the broken fragments of arioso and recitative (so...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 6/2006

Puccini (Il) Trittico

This Warner DVD offers idiomatic performances from La Scala of Puccini’s trilogy, conducted by the veteran Gianandrea Gavazzeni, always an...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/2004

Batons Bows and Bruises

The RPO has had a colourful and chequered history since its foundation in 1946 by Sir Thomas Beecham. It’s a...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 2/2010

(The) Gentlemen of the Chapel Royal

The Dutch have elevated Anglophilia to an art form, so the only surprise here is hearing such familiar music sung...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 4/2003

Shostakovich Symphony No 13

Pending the return of Kyrill Kondrashin's Melodiya studio recording via BMG, I have been inclined to recommend either his disinterred...

Reviewed in issue 9/1994

Englund Epinikia; Symphonies 2 and 4

The best-known Finnish symphonists of the post-Sibelius and post-Madetoja generation are Kokkonen and Sallinen—and perhaps one might possibly add to...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1992

Nielsen Symphonies

This is the last release (and without question the best) in Bryden Thomson's Nielsen cycle. The Fourth Symphony has a...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1993

Pasion Española

Domingo remains a phenomenal singer, with an extraordinary range of expression. In this selection of coplas and pasodobles, the majority...

Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 6/2008

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