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Schubert String Quintet, D956

In his programme notes, Christian Girardin compares Schubert's String Quintet with the composer's Great C major Symphony: both works share...

Reviewed in issue 8/1994

Vissarion Shebalin Russian Overture; Symphonies Nos 2 and 4

As I hoped, Olympia’s disc of Shebalin’s First and Third Symphonies (4/96) now has a sequel, and a very welcome...

Reviewed in issue 6/1997

Sibelius: Orchestral Works

At long last the Sixth Symphony seems to have emerged from the shadows and the days when it fell, as...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1986

Massenet Thaïs

Massenet’s once-popular opera seems to be regaining favour but the fin de siècle allure of its plot, with the courtesan...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 1/2010

Mozart Early Symphonies

''Why K16 should ever be performed is incomprehensible.'' When the late Hans Keller threw down the gauntlet in The Symphony...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 11/1993

Bach: Harpsichord Works

I had not heard Miklos Spanyi before. He is a 25-year-old Hungarian pupil of Janos Sebestyen, whose name will certainly...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1988

Guastavino Piano Works

Here, surely, is an excellent answer to that elusive Christmas or birthday present for a friend who loves music, provided...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/1994

American Musical Heritage Recordings

Karl Krueger (1894-1979) is surely the hero of this release. Born in Atchison, Kansas, he became one of the first...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 2/2004

Verdi (I) Due Foscari

Verdi’s dark-hued, Byron-inspired, compact opera about nefarious happenings in 15th-century Venice has never quite had the recognition it undoubtedly deserves....

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/2003

Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel

Hansel und Gretel has proved a lucky opera on disc. Following up the success of all those versions listed above—including...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1995

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