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Vivaldi Flute Sonatas

This recording of seven sonatas, some by Vivaldi, others definitely or probably not, was made in 1991 and was initially...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1999

Goldschmidt Retrospectrum

First came a realization, in his opera Der gewaltige Hahnrei (Decca, 3/94) and elsewhere, of the sheer quality of the...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1995

Elgar Symphony No 1; Sea Pictures

Andrew Davis’s new recordings of the Elgar symphonies along with the early Froissart Overture were recorded live at the Queen...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2010

Piston Chamber Works

Piston was an aristocrat among neo-classical composers. His nearest British counterpart was Lennox Berkeley, and they both started as exemplary...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: /2000

Grieg Peer Gynt

These two sets of Grieg’s incidental music for Ibsen’s Peer Gynt break new ground in offering more of the dialogue...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/2005

Rarities of Piano Music - Husum Festival 2009

Once again the Schloss vor Husum Festival has come up trumps. And here, taken from their 2009 occasion, they maintain...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/2011

Ibert Orchestral Works

After my rather severe review of these artists’ recent Erato disc of Chabrier and Ravel (8/00), I am happy to...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 11/2000

Berg - Orchestral Works

Theo Verbey’s accomplished orchestration of Berg’s Op 1 plunges us directly into the harmonic hothouse where Mario Venzago clearly feels...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 5/2009

Vienna State Opera Live, Vol.17

Although this volume is devoted specifically to Knappertsbusch, its main interest lies in hearing Vienna's wonderful roster of sopranos during...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1995

Barbirolli at the Opera

Hearing these glowing performances, full of Barbirolli’s characteristic expressiveness and panache, brings it home how sad it is that he...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1996

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