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Mahler Symphony No 9. Kindertotenlieder

Haitink's recording of Mahler's Ninth dates from 1969. It is still of demonstration quality on CD, the balance superb, the...

Reviewed in issue 5/1986

William Lloyd Webber Piano Music, Chamber Music & Songs

It is fair to deduce from the eight songs which come as a supplement to the chamber and piano music,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1999

Sibelius Symphonies Nos 1 & 7

Herbert Blomstedt and his San Francisco orchestra have already given us impressive accounts of the Fourth and Fifth Symphonies (Decca,...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 5/1996

Bel Canto Scenes

The timing is well chosen. With a production of Il pirata at New York’s Metropolitan Opera coming up in her...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 1/2003

Liszt Missa solemnis

This CD adds a powerful and yet seldom performed Liszt work to the catalogue, and could well add a new...

Reviewed in issue 5/1986

Liszt Piano Works, Vol. 6

This latest in Bolet's fine series of Liszt recordings in exceptionally beguiling. Right from the opening of Venezia e Napoli...

Reviewed in issue 12/1985

Christmas Concertos

This particular selection of Italian baroque Christmas fare could become as familiar as mince pies and plum pudding, a comparison...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 12/1985

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Brass Ensemble

The Berlin Philharmonic Brass are one of the more recorded of the symphonic brass sections from one of the world’s...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 9/1998

Le Roux Works for Two Harpsichords

Gaspard Le Roux was active in Paris as a composer during the later years of the seventeenth and first decade...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1998

Three Masterpieces for Violincello of the early 20th Century

This is a serious artist at work. Mari Fujiwara won second prize at the 1978 Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Before...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 9/1986

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