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Wagner Tristan und Isolde

I don't think these CD transfers much alter my opinion of the performances except, if possible, to enhance my liking...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1988

Copland Piano Concerto

Copland’s concise Piano Concerto languished virtually unknown for decades after its 1926 premiere. Then Copland recorded it himself with Bernstein...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 13/2008

Howells Chamber Works

Herbert Howells wrote a brief note about his Piano Quartet, slightly defensively justifying his having written such an effusion of...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 10/1993

Vaughan Williams Choral Works

Hubert Foss, surveying the English public in 1949, conceded that it was gradually discovering Vaughan Williams in his old age....

Reviewed in issue 8/1992

Beethoven Funeral Cantata; Mass in C

The Cantata is an astonishing work for a teenager. Beethoven wrote it in 1790 when he was 19, producing a...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2009

Beethoven Symphony No 9

New agreement, new recording…and a new Beethoven cycle, I wonder? If Franz Welser-Möst’s meaty Choral is the first step along...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2007

Mozart (Die) Entführung aus dem Serail

First shown on British TV a Christmas or two ago, this presents an unusual and interesting approach to opera on...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 4/2004

Verdi Il trovatore - highlights

This is a generous selection (68 minutes) from a sound but hardly inspiring account of an old favourite. With Giulini's...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1984

Mozart Works for Violin and Orchestra

Considering that almost all of Mozart's other orchestral works are available in period-instrument performances, the hugely popular violin concertos have...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 4/1992

Viotti Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano, Volume 3

Viotti, best known for his violin concertos, wrote a dozen ‘solos’ for violin and continuo in the 1780s, vehicles for...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/1999

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