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Stravinsky Firebird; Jeu de cartes

This is a very beautiful performance indeed, with the mystery, the hushed quiet and above all the lyricism of the...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 8/1989

Dvorak; Suk Violin Works

Pavel Sporcl has established himself on disc as the most charismatic of young Czech violinists, spontaneously imaginative and individual in...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/2007

Frescobaldi Suonate d'intavolatura

This is a specialized recording, but not just for specialists. It includes a substantial number of pieces ascribed to Frescobaldi...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 6/1999

Verdi (I) Vespri siciliani

There’s not much joy in this opera, and perhaps the producer who makes it his business to rub the fact...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/2007

Mattiwilda Dobbs - Arias & Songs

I heard Mattiwilda Dobbs as the Queen of Shemakhan (The Golden Cockerel), Gilda and Olympia when she made her much-admired...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1999

Monteverdi Tancredi e Clorinda. Ballo delle ingrate

The pairing of Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and the Ballo delle ingrate is a logical one. Both works...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 10/1989

McCabe Chamber Works

How good to be able to welcome four more additions to John McCabe’s still-meagre representation on disc. Dating from 1969...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2003

Elgar Orchestral Works

The performance of the main work emanates from a live concert held in the Royal Albert Hall during May 1985,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 2/1996

Gershwin: Piano and Orchestral works

If it's the Rhapsody in Blue you really want, disappointment awaits you in one form or another with each of...

Reviewed in issue 1/1986

Weill (Das) Dreigroschenoper

For more than 30 years the CBS Dreigroschenoper under Wilhelm Bruckner-Ruggeberg, with Lotte Lenya in the role of Jenny, has...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 3/1990

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