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Khatchaturian Gayaneh - excerpts; Symphony 2

Decca's first batch of CDs in their new Enterprise series has unleashed some valuable gems from their back catalogue. Unfortunately,...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 9/1990

Mahler (Das) Lied von der Erde

I sometimes wonder by what measure smaller companies price their offerings, given the competition from available classics. This is a...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 13/2005

In the mirror of time

It’s a delightful idea to commemorate Paul Badura-Skoda’s long and distinguished career by issuing these two Trout recordings. Separated by...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/2006

Lilburn Symphonies

The present‚ stirring triptych was recorded just a week or so before Douglas Lilburn’s death‚ aged 85‚ in June of...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Kabalevsky Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 4; Symphony No 2

As the work of a 24-year-old seeking to make his mark, Kabalevsky's First Piano Concerto is unsurprisingly replete with references...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 1/2007

Schubert Piano Duets, Vol. 3

This is the third disc in this duo's current Schubert series and contains music written in 1824, the same year...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 6/1994

Beethoven/Rossini/Schubert Orchestral Works

Here are two of Davis’s first records, and one Szell made three months before his death. You will look in...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/1996

Mozart String Quartets

What’s it to be? Andante or Allegretto? That’s the choice for the slow movement of K590. The first option is...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 7/2011

Boito Mefistofele

Counting video and LaserDisc, there are currently five versions of Mefistofele in the catalogue (three of them featuring Samuel Ramey...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 8/1996

Eastern Europe - A musical Journey

The Albanian violinist Alda Dizdari, has been featured as Gramophone’s “One to Watch” (5/11) and this disc, taken from a...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2011

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