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Herz Piano Concertos Nos 1, 7 & 8

Rescued from oblivion, Henri Herz’s Piano Concertos Nos 1, 7 and 8 (amazingly, Volume 36 in this superb series) are...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2004

Handel Ariodante

David Alden’s staging of Ariodante was generally praised when it was first staged by WNO, a joint venture with ENO....

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: /2000

Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3

Joan Chissell gave the LP a qualified but mainly enthusiastic welcome in April, and my reactions to the CD are...

Reviewed in issue 4/1986

Wind Chamber Music

Familiar as we are with Debussy's Petite Suite in its original form for piano duet and the orchestral version by...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 6/1990

Brahms: Choral Works

It takes a skilful conductor to make the German Requiem sound less than marmoreal; so it must be said straight...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/1986

Ravel L'Enfant et les Sortilèges; L'Heure Espagnole

Frank Corsaro’s 1987 productions of Ravel’s one-act operas met with a somewhat mixed critical reception. Maurice Sendak’s pop-up children’s-book-style sets...

Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 1/2010

Verdi Aida

The rivalry between Muti and Abbado (DG), so close on LP, now transfers to CD. I suppose there has been...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1987

Heininen The Damask Drum

The Damask Drum was first performed by Finnish National Opera in April 1984. Its appearance on CD introduces us to...

Reviewed in issue 3/1990

Bach Well Tempered Clavier I

How do you like your Bach? It really is down to a question of taste because no composer is more...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 6/2000

Saint-Saëns; Schumann; Tchaikovsky Cello Concertos

Andreas Brantelid, yet another brilliant cellist of the younger generation, plays this attractive group of works with an exceptionally wide...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/2008

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