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Beethoven: Symphonies

The first two movements of Karajan's 1962 Pastoral were generally acounted the least successful in the whole of that distinguished...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 8/1988

Bruckner Symphony No 4 (1874 Version)

The original 1874 version of Bruckner’s Fourth Symphony is rarely heard nowadays. When Bruckner revised the score in 1878/80 he...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 10/2005

Music of Mexico, Vol. 3

Galindo's Sones de Mariachi is the clear winner here, an engagingly roisterous piece, orchestrated with raucous flair that would make...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1985

Shostakovich Symphony 13

This is the most entertaining modern recording of what is usually counted a forbidding work. You may even feel that...

Reviewed in issue 6/1997

Haydn Die Schöpfung

Here is the fine German performing tradition at its best. Keen scholarship, professional thoroughness and a shared love of music...

Reviewed in issue 12/1994

Torke Rapture; An american Abroad

Ever had the feeling you’ve been somewhere before? If you know and like Michael Torke’s work then familiarity is part...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 2/2003

Schubert Arpeggione Sonata & Piano Sonata D959

‘ArtistLed’ means that the artists act as their own record producers. In this case, the result is certainly to their...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 7/2004

Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos

Vivaldi was generous to oboists and to the 11 of his completed concertos for the oboe already available on various...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 2/1990

Ronald Stevenson - (The) Transcendental Tradition

Ronald Stevenson’s ‘The Transcendental Tradition’ is transcendental in more than one sense. The title was first proposed by Peter Pears...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2006

Desmarest (La) Diane de Fontainbleau

Antoine Desmarest was one of the many French composers of Louis XIV’s time who, thanks to the scheming of Lully,...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 9/1998

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