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Vivaldi Concertos

There’s a real lickety-split opening to this colourful disc of Vivaldi concertos: the violin concerto L’inquietudine, not one of its...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 11/2000

Mozart Horn Concertos, etc

When Alan Civil’s Mozart horn concertos first appeared in 1961, they stood in immediate and direct competition with the great...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 7/1997

Haydn: Early Symphonies

The first difference between Harnoncourt and Pinnock (Archiv Production) in these ever popular early symphonies, Haydn's answer to Vivaldi's Four...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 7/1991

Smetana Má Vlast

We rarely hear live performances of Ma vlast in the UK, yet already there are four CD versions available. Sawallisch...

Reviewed in issue 11/1986

R. Strauss Lieder

This must be one of the most enjoyable of all Dame Kiri's discs. It deserves to be in the collection...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1991

Lawes, H & W Songs

This is a valuable anthology, carefully conceived and lovingly executed. The Lawes brothers have long been known, Henry more for...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 3/2007

Sibelius Symphonies Nos 2 and 6

Here’s the second instalment in Leif Segerstam’s Helsinki PO Sibelius symphony cycle for Ondine. Like its sparky predecessor (2/03), this...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 2/2004

Organ Fireworks, Vol. 4

Dedicated organ enthusiasts will need no recommendation from me to buy this CD. They will know that Herrick is a...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/1992

Handel: Orchestral works

This recording of Handel's three oboe concertos was first issued in the UK during the early 1970s. Since then very...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1985

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 & 4

The colour and nuance I’ve often enjoyed in Lang Lang’s concert performances appear only fleetingly in his first Beethoven release....

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2007

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