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Mussorgsky Pictures, etc

James Conlon conducts a version of Ravel's orchestration of Mussorgsky's score with a difference. He has joined the growing band...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1991

Schubert Symphonies Nos 4 and 8

The record industry is, no doubt, gearing itself up for Schubert year (1997 is the bicentenary of Schubert’s birth). But...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/1996

Double Concertos featuring Jascha Heifetz

We are used to hearing recordings of the Brahms Double Concerto with the orchestra fairly well back in the picture,...

Reviewed in issue 6/1988

Rossini (Une) larme

Where aural devilry is concerned, Paganini or Berlioz come to mind ahead of Rossini. No longer. This sonically challenging collection...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 10/2004

Shostakovich Symphony 13

Technically speaking, there is little to complain about in this live New York recording. Yevgeny Yevtushenko was on hand to...

Reviewed in issue 10/1994

Mozart Flute Concertos

It's homegrown, it doesn't cost much, and it doesn't last long. But reservations about the performances on this disc are...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 2/1988

Twentieth Century Organ Works

Here is more extraordinary repertoire from the incredibly prolific Kevin Bowyer. While these are significant works, with Williamson’s Vision of...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 7/1997

Janácek; Lutoslawski; Szymanowski Violin and Piano Works

Janáček’s characteristically unconventional Violin Sonata (1914-15, rev 1921) is the connecting thread linking these two programmes without being the principal...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 8/2009

The Unicorn Medieval French Songs

Anne Azema always seems to bring a breath of fresh air to whatever she does, whether reading or singing. After...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 11/1994

Berg Lulu

The promises of the Animal Trainer are more than usually hollow at the start of Christof Loy’s Lulu. He wants...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 7/2011

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