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Berlioz (La) Damnation de Faust

This new version of Berlioz’s légende dramatique brings with it a strong Méphistophélès to dominate the proceedings in Alain Vernhes....

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/2006

Bridge Orchestral Works

So there has been a Frank Bridge revival, has there? If there has, it was very largely prompted by the...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1986

Brahms Sonatas for Cello and Piano

In listening to this disc, I tried to put out of my mind the annoyance caused by its presentation. Instead...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/2003

The Essential Domingo

No doubt such titles are not meant to be taken seriously, but I find some difficulty in accepting the idea...

Reviewed in issue 9/1989

French & Italian Arias Richard Margison

At the Proms this year Richard Margison gave a good account of himself in the title-role of Verdi’s Don Carlo...

Reviewed in issue 11/1996

Mussorgsky/Ravel Orchestral Works

These are the first recordings the VPO have made of both these pieces, which are outside their normal repertoire, and...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/1986

Buxtehude Harpsichord Works, Vol 1

Trying to determine for which instrument – organ, harpsichord or clavichord – Buxtehude’s keyboard works were intended is a difficult,...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1999

Hindemith Vocal and Chamber Works

The central connection of the works collected here is the use as a solo instrument of the oboe – or...

Reviewed in issue 6/1996

Verdi Stiffelio

A year ago (9/07) Stiffelio was reported sinking under the weight of a lavish production at the Metropolitan. At Covent...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 9/2008

Reimann Medea

A century after Richard Strauss’s Elektra crafted the definitive conjunction between musical modernism and ancient Greek drama, Aribert Reimann has...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 5/2011

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