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Smetana Dalibor

With Jaroslav Krombholc's 1967 Dalibor the only version currently available in the domestic catalogue, a new one was overdue. The...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1995

Mozart Piano Concertos

This recording from Warsaw has taken some time to reach us, having been made in April 1991. Furthermore, it enters...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1994

Takemitsu Orchestral Works

Discs of Toru Takemitsu's orchestral music have been numerous these past two decades but this Naxos release has the advantage...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 3/2007

Verdi Simon Boccanegra

So many bargain sets from the Naxos and Discover labels have recently been recommended that it is tempting to give...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1995

Bach Selections from Anna Magdalena's Notebook

We can readily imagine with what modest pride the 40-year-old Bach presented his second wife Anna Magdalena with this most...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1992

Messiaen Choral and Organ Works

Dorati's recording of La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ was the first disc to be issued on Decca's pioneering Headline...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 9/1990

Dettingen Te Deum; King shall rejoice

I found little to choose between the sound of the LP, the balance and quality of which RF thought splendid,...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1984

Handel Great Harpsichord Works

The programme here, including as it does the G minor Passacaille, the big G major Chaconne, and the variations on...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1996

Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem (DVD)

This performance in Vienna in 1997 marked the centenary of Brahms’s death. Abbado, daringly taking his Berlin orchestra to the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/2000

Puccini Edgar

Edgar, Puccini’s second opera, composed in 1888 and first given the following year at La Scala, has never really caught...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 6/2006

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