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Beethoven Symphonies

Haitink's new performances of the Fifth and Seventh Symphonies are self-evidently distinguished. Vital and clear-sighted, paying court to no particular...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 10/1987

French Organ Music

Naxos have shown good judgement here. Interest from the super-budget end of the market is ensured by the inclusion of...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 3/1993

Britten Cello Suites

One difference between Tim Hugh’s two recordings of the Britten Cello Suites is evident from the jewel-cases alone: a 1988...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/1996

Beethoven Symphonies Nos 5 & 7

Richard Strauss’s mastery as a Mozart interpreter has been widely recognised – by Karajan among others – but his Beethoven...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/2000

Handel: Chamber Works

Handel's trio sonatas have taken a long time, a surprisingly long time considering the quality of their music, to attract...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 12/1985

Telemann Cantatas

With this release, the Donner-Ode enters the select company of Telemann's vocal works to be currently available in more than...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 11/1995

Shostakovich: Vocal & Orchestral Works

Collectors of Russian music on record already owe a massive debt to Olympia, here is another fascinating and generous compilation,...

Reviewed in issue 6/1988

Janácek Osud

Janacek’s fourth opera had a complicated composition history and has had almost as complicated a stage history, with the first...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1996

Liszt Piano Works, Vol. 2

William Stephenson has already recorded the first Suisse volume of the Annees de pelerinage, and so Book 2, with its...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/1994

(Le) Roman de la Rose

With their latest recording‚ Alla Francesca lead us into a dream world. Each group of songs is introduced by colourful...

Reviewed in issue 4/2002

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