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R. Strauss & Weber Opera Highlights

In his complete recording of Salome for DG, made in Berlin (9/91), Sinopoli has already shown us how warmly sympathetic...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1997

Albéniz Spanish Music for Classical Guitar

In the past we’ve had to make do with only the occasional glimpse of David Russell’s Albéniz on CD. Finally...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 9/2011

Simon Keenlyside - Tales of Opera

Is there anything Simon Keenlyside can’t do? In addition to displaying his dramatic and vocal flair in characters ranging from...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 11/2006

Janet Baker

Courtesy of BBC Legends, the discography of Janet Baker grows ever larger. The most significant addition here is a gloriously...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/2003

Bruckner Symphonies

Several British passengers have jumped on the Gunter Wand bandwagon since it started its British journey some years ago. Now...

Reviewed in issue 6/1985

Edita Gruberová: Operatic Recital

It would appear Gruberova's popularity in Germany has led her to record repertoire not always well suited to her talents...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1986

Juan Diego Flórez - Sentimiento Latino

Juan Diego Flórez is known first as a Rossini tenor and then rather more broadly as a singer in the...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 10/2006

Mozart Piano Sonatas, K310 and K457

Beethoven must have derived great inspiration from these intensely dramatic minor-key sonatas, and Brendel's playing emphasizes this very point. At...

Reviewed in issue 7/1985

Tchaikovsky Piano Works

Elisabeth Leonskaya offers a well-organized, business-person-like view of Tchaikovsky. But especially for the academically inclined Tchaikovsky on display in these...

Reviewed in issue 9/1992

Pfitzner Das Christ-Elflein

The Christmas-Elf: A Christmas Fairy Story began its public life in 1906 as a play by Ilse von Stach, with...

Reviewed in issue 6/2001

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