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Vivaldi Cantatas

Vivaldi’s secular chamber cantatas have attracted some recordings over the past decade or so, but by and large they are...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 7/2004

Karl Erb Lieder Album

Erb's career, voice and style closely resemble those of Peter Schreier today. Both started their professional life in the opera...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1994

Victor de Sabata Edition: Vol.1 - Wagner

Victor de Sabata (1892–1967) was universally admired as a great conductor, but his legacy of commercial recordings is fairly meagre....

Reviewed in issue 2/1990

Tubin Barbara von Tisenhusen

Eduard Tubin first tried his hand at opera in 1941 with Puhajarv (''Holy Lake''), and a little later, Libahunt (''Werewolf'')...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 4/1993

Bush Violin Concerto, Op 32

Alan Bush - pupil of John Ireland, Professor of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music for half a century...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/2002

Julia Varady

Julia Varady’s career was centred mostly in Germany, at the opera houses in Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin. She made her...

Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 11/2007

Arensky Solo Piano Works

Arensky (1861-1906) is best remembered today for just a handful of works – including the First Piano Trio and the...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 3/1999

Fidelio Ensemble play Bizet, Gounod & D'Indy

The flood of historical reissues has now reached the point where smaller companies are offering rival versions of the same...

Reviewed in issue 3/1992

Franck; Rachmaninov Cello Sonatas

There is no shortage of versions of César Franck’s Violin Sonata for cello and piano (see also Duncan Druce on...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/2003

Bruckner Symphony No 9

When Giulini first recorded Bruckner's Ninth Symphony for EMI (nla) with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra I thought the reading grand...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 8/1989

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