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Marc-André Hamelin - It's all about the music

There are two ways of looking at this DVD – if you take my meaning. The first is as a...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 1/2007

Antonin Dvorák - Deo Gratias

‘Deo Gratias’ (‘Thanks be to God’), Dvorák’s final comment on his life, is an admirably direct and informative documentary, with...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/2005

Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Here is another invaluable addition to the series of live performances by Fischer-Dieskau from the Salzburg Festival, and one that...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1994

Holst Orchestral Works

An attractive Holst compendium, accorded first-rate sound. Both the St Paul's and Brook Green suites come off especially well here,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/1994

Brahms Rinaldo; Ellens Gesang II; Begräbnisgesang; Gesang der Parzen

Rinaldo was the closest Brahms ever came to composing an opera; the booklet-note writer goes so far as to describe...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 11/2000

Marian Nowakiwski - Arias

‘The great Polish bass’ is the record’s subtitle. I have no desire to belittle any singer‚ living or dead –...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Mendelssohn Elijah

The ongoing restitution of this work on disc continues apace with this thrilling version, one that seriously threatens the hegemony...

Reviewed in issue 9/1995

Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia

Abbado's Barbiere may only just have appeared on CD, but it is a good ten years older than Marriner's, and,...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 10/1986

Rawsthorne Chamber Works

Naxos's fourth issue of Alan Rawsthorne's music presents us, again, with a disc brimming with high-quality music and superlative performances....

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 4/2000

Dvorák Piano Quintets

There is not really an improvement on the original LPs of this pair of performances, but the somewhat hoarse sound...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1985

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