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Puccini La bohème

Although this performance was the basis of Luigi Comencini's film of La boheme (not yet seen in Britain at the...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1988

Stravinsky Ballet Scores

Sir Georg’s Petrushka (his first on disc) is a rather morose creature who dies hard. The crowds at the Shrove-tide...

Reviewed in issue 1/1996

Debussy Jeux; La Mer; Nocturnes

I wonder if Debussy intended the exchanges of the sea sirens' song at the start of the third of the...

Reviewed by jswain in issue: 3/2000

Pierné Piano Concerto

Following on from Laurent Wagschal’s recent disc of Pierné’s piano music (Timpani, 2/11, including the sombre and magnificent Variations, for...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/2011

Prin Concertos

The Greek legendary aura surrounding the three titles on this disc suggests the possibility of music couched in the yawn­inducing...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Mozart Concert Arias

This delightful soprano's name appears in the current Classical Catalogue in some Masses and cantatas and in the most recent...

Reviewed in issue 12/1994

Brahms Piano Works

Though several recordings of Brahms's piano music have come my way recently, none until this has done the sensible thing...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 8/1992

Prokofiev Piano Works

The Prokofiev centenary (1991) brought a flood of recorded tributes reminding us of artistic limitation as well as scintillating virtue....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/1995

Bach Cello Suites BWV 1007 - 1009

Jean-Marc Apap has a varied background in which jazz, gypsy music and Argentine tangos have played important parts; his performances...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 9/2006

Mozart Piano Concertos

These are clear and stylish readings, well up to the standard that Howard Shelley has set in his previous Mozart...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 6/1994

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