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Beethoven Missa Solemnis

Returning to this after a longish period (and without the American LPs now at hand for direct comparison), I find...

Reviewed in issue 10/1994

Glass, L Symphonies Nos. 3 and 6

It comes as no surprise to learn that Glass’s Third Symphony (Wood‚ 1900­01) was ‘one of the most frequently performed...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Mozart Concertos for Two and Three Pianos

Mozart's concertos for two and three pianos and orchestra, written at Salzburg in the latter half of the 1770s, might...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 5/2008

Copland Complete Edited Piano Works

Franci’s hyperbolic booklet-note leaves one in no doubt as to his advocacy of this music. There’s some exquisitely detailed playing...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 8/1999

Offenbach Les Contes d'Hoffmann

These days each new Hoffmann seems to have not merely its individual cast but its own individual text. Not so...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 6/1989

Verdi Otello

One of the century’s legendary achievements on record confirms its reputation on this well-managed reissue. Here Toscanini’s blazing intensity, his...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1992

Honegger: Orchestral Works

Honegger's wartime symphony for strings with trumpet obbligato is the most recorded of his five symphonies, and is one of...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 10/1988

M Haydn Symphonies

The first three movements of Michael Haydn’s A major Symphony (P6) began life as a ballet; while its finale comes...

Reviewed in issue 4/1996

Boccherini Symphonies

Essentially the chamber musician, the master of the refined and the exquisite, Boccherini often seems to be out of his...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 4/1989

Mozart Piano Concertos

This is an attractive addition to Mitsuko Uchida's Mozart concerto series with Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra. The...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 7/1992

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