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Handel Ariodante

It is high time that Ariodante, by common consent among the richest of all Handel's operas, was available on CD....

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 12/1994

Mahler Lieder

The co-operation between these two artists in Wagner (RCA, 8/97 and 10/98) was such a success that I was eagerly...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1999

Shchedrin Cello Concerto & Seagull Suite

Shostakovich chose to work within the Soviet Union establishment’s ‘liberal’ wing. So, too, did Shchedrin. But Shchedrin’s problem is that...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2000

Britten/Honegger Orchestral Works

Nothing special here. There are so many good performances (and one great one—Karajan) of the Honegger symphony in the catalogue,...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 1/1994

Scriabin Symphony 3

Kondrashin gives an enthusiastic and affectionate account of Scriabin's most sumptuous score, backed by orchestral playing of such quality that...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 6/1986

Haydn Orlando Paladino

Nikolaus Harnoncourt boldly proclaims that Orlando Paladino “is one of the best works in 18th-century music theatre”. Written to commemorate...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2006

Vieru Orchestral Works

The Romanian composer Anatol Vieru was born in 1926. His teachers included Constantinescu in Bucharest and Khachaturian in Moscow. He...

Reviewed in issue 4/1995

Lotte Lehmann - Lieder Recordings, Vol 3

This fifth and final release of Cortot’s 78rpm Chopin recordings is surely the jewel in the crown. Here, the 1929...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2007

Mozart Early Symphonies

Mackerras and the Prague Chamber Orchestra, having had great success with their Telarc recordings of the later symphonies, are equally...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1990

Boismortier Bassoon Sonatas

Kim Walker is a superb modern bassoonist whose gifts could be even better served by more recent repertory. Boismortier's rococo...

Reviewed in issue 5/1988

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