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Dvorak Requiem

The classic recording of Dvorák’s Requiem, Ancerl’s with international soloists and the Czech PO, is now all of half a...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/2010

Richard Strauss conducts Mozart

Richard Strauss's recordings of other composers' works were confined to a period between 1926 and 1928. The earliest of these,...

Reviewed in issue 3/1992

Miaskovsky & Prokofiev Works for cello and orchestra

An indispensable disc. Both recordings come from the 1950s and have a special authority, for it was Rostropovich's playing that...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 11/1988

Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos

With this three-disc album of Beethoven’s piano concertos Paul Lewis complements his earlier set of the 32 sonatas and also...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2010

Rachmaninov The Last Great Romantic

The strange tale of David Helfgott, the 50-year-old Australian pianist, has been filmed and chronicled to heady public and critical...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/1997

Purcell Fantasias

By an unfortunate piece of timing, this disc comes out when Phantasm’s recordings of the Fantazias (the composer’s spelling) have...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1997

Martin Golgotha; In terra pax; Pilate

Frank Martin served as ‘artistic director’ to the 1968 Erato recording of Golgotha so, despite obviously older recording quality and...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 12/2005

Walton Symphony No 1; Coronation Marches

It seems to me that Previn's interpretation of this superb example of the English romantic symphony has broadened and, in...

Reviewed in issue 8/1987

Bach Flute Sonatas, Vol. 1

This is an impressive and enjoyable CD that easily bears repeated listening – certainly I’ve played it many times already,...

Reviewed in issue 5/2001

Wolf Italienisches Liederbuch

I waxed lyrical about the Italienisches Liederbuch when reviewing the versions listed above a year ago. Suffice it to say...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1991

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