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Paul Plishka sings Ukranian Songs

To create a yardstick for myself before listening to these three new CDs I enjoyed first the miraculous Mercury recording,...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1992

Wagner Tristan und Isolde

I have written glowing reports of this set on more than one occasion in these pages, both when reviewing the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1985

Messiaen Eclairs sur l'au-delà

When Jade stole a march on DG by getting their live version of Eclairs sur l'Au-Dela out first, I suggested...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1994

Vivaldi Concerti con molti strumenti.

Everyone gets a turn in Vivaldi’s concerto world – well nearly everyone. The total number of musicians employed on this...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 5/2003

Bizet Carmen

As Richard Osborne points out in his brilliant, informative note, this classic Beecham set was originally welcomed in Gramophone with...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/2000

Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos 28 & 29

The straightforward musicianship and beautiful singing tone that distinguished Sverre Larsen’s earlier recording of Bach’s Partitas (Classico, 4/06) make themselves...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2009

Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf. Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Suite

Terry Wogan's narration of Peter and the Wolf is quite a winner. It is characterfully intoned (the ''duck'' becomes a...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1985

Schillings Orchestral Works

I was rather taken by Max von Schillings’s opera Mona Lisa when it was resurrected and recorded a few years...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1998

Haydn Symphonies, Vol.16

The Hanover Band follow their inspiriting performances of Nos. 82-84 (10/92) with comparably vivid, exciting readings of the remaining three...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 11/1994

Mozart Sinfonia concertante, K364; Concertone, K190

This is only the second recording in the catalogue of the great Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola using period...

Reviewed in issue 11/1998

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