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Prokofiev (The) Complete Symphonies

In Shostakovich’s anniversary year it is as well to be reminded of the symphonic legacy of Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev, his...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 6/2006

Tchaikovsky Swan Lake & Nutcracker Suites

The LP of this coupling received an unenthusiastic notice from me, partly because the playing, although alert, lacks distinction, and...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1983

Strauss Don Juan; Macbeth; Lieder

Strauss had a lifelong love affair with and marriage to the singer Pauline de Ahna, and its result, in its...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/2005

Dvorák Cello works

When some five years ago I did a detailed comparison of the available recordings of the Dvorak Concerto for ''Building...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1993

Beethoven Lieder

Vermillion has enjoyed a successful career over the past ten years or so, dividing her time judiciously between the opera...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1999

Brahms Piano Works

Unbelievably and at last, Arrau has left us, but we have a great legacy from him in the form of...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1991

Concertos for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies

The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (Sicily and Naples), where long Spanish domination had fostered a tradition of religious and...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 10/1989

Frâtres

Here's a double-barrelled surprise: gripping new music for violin and piano and a performing style that revisits a sweet-scented immediacy...

Reviewed in issue 12/1993

Saariaho Orchestral Works

If there is a link between the pieces on this cobbled-together CD, I’d tent- atively suggest the cello, which features...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 13/2004

Goldmark Rustic Wedding; Handel (The) Faithful Shepherd

This latest batch of Beecham reissues contains a number of collectors’ items alongside some less pleasing reminders of the fact...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/2003

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