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Haydn Symphonies

Haydn composed most, if not all, of the six ''Paris'' Symphonies specifically for the famed Concert de la Loge Olympique,...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/1992

Paganini Violin Concertos

Although this new Denon record is very truthfully recorded, in some ways the orchestral sound of the older analogue DG...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/1992

Tovey Symphony in D, Op 32; (The) Bride of Dionysus: Prelude

Long-time Reid Professor of Music at Edinburgh University, Sir Donald Francis Tovey (1875-1940) remains best known for his magnificently readable...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/2006

Airs de Cour

The composers represented here are unlikely to be familiar to many, but the charming songs they composed to please the...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 9/1999

Rachmaninov Complete Songs

Here, taken from five records, are 84 songs by Rachmaninov recorded by Soderstrom and Ashkenazy in the 1970s (plus two...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1994

Bartók Piano Works, Vol.2

Zoltan Kocsis's Bartok series represents something of a double 'first', being the first comprehensive survey of Bartok's piano music to...

Reviewed in issue 11/1994

Telemann Flute and Oboe Works

The European Baroque Soloists have so far produced two Telemann discs on the Denon label. The first contains a set...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 6/1992

Beethoven Symphonies

In 1930, when these recordings were made, Mengelberg was at the end of a ten-year period as head of the...

Reviewed in issue 12/1994

German (The) Tempter Overture

Marco Polo’s sets of Edward German’s orchestral music (6/93, 11/95, 1/96) were welcome and now comes this generously filled CD....

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 5/2006

Tye Latin & English Sacred Choral Works

Christopher Tye, like his contemporary Thomas Tallis, experienced life under the reigns of four monarchs. He composed for liturgies that...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 12/2005

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