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Bartók plays Bartók

Writing in the context of Malcolm Gillies’s invaluable Bartok Companion (Faber: 1993), Janos Demeny comments on Bartok’s performance of “Evening...

Reviewed in issue 6/1996

Wagner Die Feen

To mark the centenary of Wagner's death last year, the Munich Festival offered performances of his three immature operas. I...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1984

Sibelius Symphonies Nos 3 & 7

Two accounts of the Seventh Symphony, one on CD and the other on LP, each differently coupled and both totally...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 4/1987

Mussorgsky Boris Godunov

Where opera is concerned, our generation will undoubtedly be remembered for its emphasis on restoring scores to their pristine state,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1994

Recital by Kathleen Battle

This recording offers the very quintessence of Kathleen Battle: a winsome, childlike readiness of timbre and response, in a light,...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 11/1986

English Music of the 18th Century

This is an unusual programme of miscellaneous pieces by composers living and working in London during the first 60 years...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1987

Beethoven Diabelli Variations

A warm welcome for Nikolai Demidenko’s return to the studio after a long absence is qualified by too many reservations....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2006

Aho; Tómasson; Lindberg Flute Concertos

The accompanying booklet to this splendid new disc contains testimonials to Sharon Bezaly’s playing from the three Nordic composers featured....

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 13/2005

Bizet Clovis et Clotilde; Roma

Extremely few people will ever have heard Clovis et Clotilde, the cantata with which the 18-year-old Bizet won the Prix...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1990

R Strauss Aus Italien & Macbeth

Aus Italien may not be mainstream repertoire, but it was astute of Arte Nova to begin its new Strauss series...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 3/2001

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