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Prokofiev/Ravel Piano Works

Despite its somewhat elusive nature Ravel's Left Hand Piano Concerto has always been well served on record, and there is...

Reviewed in issue 10/1989

Bruckner Symphony No 6; Bach Fuga ricercata (orch Webern)

This is an extraordinarily bold and vivid account of what is unaccountably still the least fashionable of Bruckner's mature symphonies....

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 10/1994

Britten War Requiem

I shall stick out my neck. If I had to allow only one work by Britten on to the proverbial...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1989

Arriaga Symphony in D

The precocious gifts of Arriaga are of an order to be set alongside those of a Mozart or a Mendelssohn....

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 12/2003

Madre de Deus - Cantigas de Santa Maria

This is the second Italian ensemble to come my way with a recording from the same Spanish compilation,...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 9/1999

Mozart Orchestral Works

With a dozen versions of Mozart's violin concertos listed in the 1994 Good CD Guide, and others also of the...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1993

The Mill on the Floss Original Soundtrack

The wellspring for each of these superb scores is an established literary classic (The Scarlet Tunic is adapted from Thomas...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

Mussorgsky Boris Godunov

In all senses, the hero of this set is Mark Reizen. His recordings cover the years 1929 to 1980, surely...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1999

Mahler Symphony No 4

Some revaluations are in order here so luminously clear is the sound of this digital re-mastering of Abbado's 1978 Vienna...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1984

Mercadante Pelagio

Mercadante’s last-written opera enjoyed a successful premiere at Naples in 1857, but the chances of its remaining in favour at...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 8/2010

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