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Dvorák Symphony No.9; 3 Slavonic Dances

This is the first account of Dvorak's New World to exceed the 50-minute barrier, and that statistic is the more...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1989

Gluck Orphée et Eurydice

Even in 1957, when it was first issued, this was an old-fashioned performance. Only, it seems to me, the most...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/1995

Nielsen Maskarade

Eighty-two years on and still no professional staging in Britain for this freshest, wisest, most ebullient and humane of twentieth-century...

Reviewed in issue 12/1988

Mozart: Early Symphonies

These three symphonies, all very early, come as a necessary supplement to Christopher Hogwood's formidable set of the complete Mozart...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1987

Oskar Fried conducts the BPO

Before settling into a career as a brilliant conductor, Oskar Fried (1871–1941) tried his hand at painting, composing, dog training...

Reviewed in issue 2/1993

Mozart Symphonies

In a letter to his father of April 1781 Mozart wrote that one of his symphonies (almost certainly either the...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 4/1993

Elgar Orchestral Works

With a performance of Elgar's Second Symphony lasting 62½ minutes, we are into Sinopoli territory. The difference is that whereas...

Reviewed in issue 9/1991

Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Vol 3

If you regard Beethoven's two little Op 49 sonatas as easy on the fingers, simple and unpretentious, then András Schiff's...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 2/2007

Schubert Schwanengesang

Robert Holl’s craggy bass-baritone is an undeniably imposing instrument. He is also an intelligent, thoughtful artist who can soften his...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 2/2009

Dante-Music from the time of Dante

I am never sure whether a charivari of musical items interspersed with readings really works on CD, though it may...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 12/1996

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