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Oboe Concertos

Hansjorg Schellenberger has been principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for the past 11 years and his distinctive style...

Reviewed in issue 5/1991

Puccini Le villi

Yes, Le villi is early Puccini, but the accent should be on the composer's name, not on the adjective. There...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1988

Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum,1996

The 1996 Husum Festival of Piano Rarities was the tenth such event organized by Peter Froundijan (recorded highlights have been...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 12/1997

Tomlinson Orchestral Works

That Ernest Tomlinson earns a second volume in this Marco Polo series before we have had even a first volume...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 3/1995

Mendelssohn Symphonies Nos 3 & 4

Though the competition in this favourite coupling is fierce, even in the super-budget category, there is room for a new...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1997

Accentus Transcriptions

Samuel Barber wrote his Agnus Dei in 1967 following a suggestion that he turn the ever-popular Adagio for Strings into...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 13/2003

Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

The riotous Shostakovich encore apart, these are unusually thoughtful performances, benefiting from some notably articulate orchestral playing (try the Rimsky...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/1999

Lully Bellérophon

Bellérophon, the second collaboration between Lully and Thomas Corneille, begins with a Prologue in which Louis XIV – here called...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 7/2011

Hummel Masses; Alma Virgo

Following up his masterly series of recordings of the Haydn Masses, Richard Hickox with the choir and orchestra of Collegium...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2002

Mexican Orchestral Works

Much needs to be clarified about this disc of Mexican music from the 1930s and 1940s. Intensive search in atlases...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1993

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