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Madetoja Lieder Vol 1

Finland's most prominent composer from the generation after Sibelius now has more than a toehold in the catalogue, at least...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2002

Eva Mei A Mezzanotte

The voice (already known to us as Adalgisa’s in the Muti/Eaglen Norma – EMI, 10/95) is delightfully pure, bright without...

Reviewed in issue 1/1996

Gluck Iphigénie en Tauride

The praises of Gluck's Iphigenie en Tauride are sung a good deal more often than the opera itself. Written for...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 6/1986

Stravinsky Oedipus Rex

In Sir Colin Davis's new recording of Oedipus Rex the virtues of a fine Stravinskian are apparent. The pace is...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 6/1984

Distant Love - Songs of Martin Codax and Jaufre Rudel

This is a jewel, both for its music and in its performance. The title, 'Distant Love', is described by Margaret...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 5/2000

Berlioz Orchestral Works

The current catalogue includes a number of mid-price accounts of Harold in Italy—Beecham with Primrose (CBS), Bernstein with McInnes (EMI),...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1994

Beethoven Sextet & Septet

No other version of the Sextet is currently listed, so Philips's reissue can be welcomed for that reason, and for...

Reviewed in issue 5/1990

Scarlatti Stabat Mater

Alessandro Scarlatti’s celebrated Stabat mater was commissioned by a confraternity of aristocrats, the Cavalieri della Vergine dei Dolori, for its...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 2/2006

Brahms Violin Concerto; Tragic Overture

Both these reissues, it will be seen, come at bargain price, and neither disc has notes on the music. I...

Reviewed in issue 5/1990

Prokofiev Ballet & Opera Suites

The Jarvi/Prokofiev connection more or less speaks for itself now, and is it my imagination or do the SNO sound...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 9/1989

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