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Rossini Moïse et Pharaon

Of all the compositional initiatives undertaken by Rossini during his first Paris residency (1824-29) - the glorious piece d'occasion, Il...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/2000

Chant Grégorien pour le Temps Pascal

Don't be misled by the somewhat restrictive title! Half the music on this disc comes from Lent and Holy Week:...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 11/1987

Liszt Années de pèlerinage II

Undoubtedly, the best-known works from the deuxieme annee are the three Petrarch Sonnets and the Dante Sonata. Liszt stayed in...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 2/1994

Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen

Here’s a true and desirable bargain. This, the first digitally recorded cycle to appear on CD, now 13 years ago,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1997

Mahler Symphony No 9

Tennstedt's big, looming account of Mahler's Ninth Symphony appeared before either of the two Karajan versions and must be accounted...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1985

Sibelius Symphony No 2; (The) Swan of Tuonela; Karelia Suite

For the LPO to give us yet more Sibelius from Paavo Berglund is not as daft as it might seem....

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2005

Bartók Orchestral Works

Fricsay's Concerto for Orchestra is at least twice as exciting and twice as penetrating as any in my experience, save...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 5/1989

Mahler Lieder

This is not only an exceptionally well sung and admirably recorded Mahler recital, it is also intelligently planned in its...

Reviewed in issue 9/1990

Schubert: Lieder

I sometimes permit myself to wonder whether singers quite realize what they are undertaking when they embark upon a Schubert...

Reviewed in issue 12/1988

Nordheim Listen; Listen - Inside Outside; Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 32

It was Arne Nordheim’s notion to juxtapose his 1971 composition Listen with Beethoven’s C minor Sonata. Fortuitously, Einar Steen-Nøkleberg had...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 13/2007

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