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Vivaldi Concertos

With 'authentic' Vivaldi played by so many early-music groups these days, it makes an agreeable change to hear the rich...

Reviewed in issue 5/1986

Mozart Don Giovanni

Even those who have never been to Drottningholm and experienced Arnold Ostman's Mozart in the flesh will know exactly what...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 12/1990

Holst (The) Planets

The first quality of this performance that strikes one is its liveness, as revealed in the warmth of the rubato...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/2010

Eisler Orchestral Works

Hanns Eisler survived until 1962 and died an East German which makes him less of a cause celebre (and less...

Reviewed in issue 1/1997

English Tone Poems

It is encouraging that EMI are gradually transferring some of Barbirolli's finest recorded performances to CD—when may we expect Gerontius...

Reviewed in issue 12/1988

Auric Trio; Sonata for Violin and Piano; Francaix Trio; Musique de Cour

Don’t be put off by the dreadful photograph on the front! I’ve nothing against the Blue Bells of 1952, but...

Reviewed in issue 7/2001

Shostakovich Symphony No 7

With the deletion of Rozhdestvensky’s gritty but compelling version (Olympia, 8/88 – nla), there is space in the market for...

Reviewed in issue 6/1996

Holst Choral Works

I suppose it is the 1914 War that is the unnamed, ever-felt presence here. “I float this carol with joy,...

Reviewed in issue 6/1996

Verdi (La) Forza del Destino

This production of Forza was presented to much acclaim during the Karajan era at the Vienna State Opera. Mitropoulos, who...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/2007

Love's Sweet Surrender

Every recital disc seems to need a catchy title these days. The promise of “Love’s Sweet Surrender” may attract extra...

Reviewed in issue 13/1997

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