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Verismo Arias - Mirella Freni

Freni sets out on a path new to her on records, entering Muzio-territory, or, if preferred, Olivero-land. Callas and Tebaldi...

Reviewed in issue 9/1992

Wagner Parsifal

After Krauss's 1953 Ring at Bayreuth, reviewed in June, here is his Parsifal from the same festival. It appears to...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1988

Four and Twenty Fiddlers

Peter Holman is exceptional among professional musicians for his scholarly command of his chosen repertory, deriving from his work on...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Ireland Songs

With the one obvious exception, Ireland’s songs are not made of the stuff that gains popularity.In Sea Fever he hit...

Reviewed in issue 8/1999

Schubert Impromptus

''Rejuvenated'' was the word chosen by Michael Oliver when Brendel's oldish recording of the Impromptus reappeared on CD this April....

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 10/1984

Roslavets Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2

For her second Hyperion disc, Alina Ibragimova chooses repertoire even rarer and more neglected. Roslavets’s First Violin Concerto (1925) was...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 1/2009

Nyman The Piano Concerto;Prospero's Books;On the Fiddle

Nyman’s swirling, grandly romantic Piano Concerto is more than just an opportunistic reworking of material from the hugely popular film...

Reviewed by rseeley in issue: 2/1997

NYPO - The Mahler Broadcasts 1948-1982

Not your average collection of Mahler symphonies, but one which, with pride, charts in words and music, the impact of...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 1/1999

Bach Orchestral Suites

“Orchestral Suites for a young prince” is what this release advertises, in reference to the fact that Sonnerie perform Bach’s...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 8/2009

Cecilia Bartoli - Opera Proibita

Cecilia Bartoli’s latest foray into Baroque music is adorned with what might be a contender for worst cover of the...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2005

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