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Verdi Don Carlo

Giulini made his Covent Garden debut in 1958 with a Don Carlos which made its mark in no uncertain terms....

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 9/1986

Berio Orchestral Transcriptions

Stanze, a sequence of five songs for baritone, male chorus and orchestra, was Berio’s last completed work, premiered after his...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/2005

Brahms Hungarian Dances

Reviewing the LP version, my colleague JOC found this recital ''as good as champagne'', yet was concerned in places that...

Reviewed in issue 9/1986

Shostakovich The 15 Symphonies

Kondrashin's Shostakovich cycle, last encountered as an indivisible and awkwardly arranged box of 12 LPs from EMI (12/85), is now...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1989

Haydn Symphonies

This latest in Harnoncourt's Haydn series with his Viennese period-instrument orchestra offers three brilliant, extrovert pieces, with much festive trumpeting...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 6/1993

Opera Spectacular

Usually collections of this kind are culled from various complete sets, but this programme has been specially recorded in the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1990

Vivaldi: Concertos for Recorder

The five basic recorder concertos of Vivaldi have been gathered together by others, but only Peter Holtslag, with The Parley...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 7/1990

Bartók Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2; Two Portraits

Maurizio Pollini’s hard-hitting approach works best in the First Concerto, where the Chicago players circle the pianist like a street...

Reviewed in issue 9/1999

Mozart Symphonies No. 38 & 40

With nearly two dozen Prague Symphonies available on CD and over 30 G minors this latest arrival is up against...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1989

Arriaga/Vorisek Symphonies

A curious set of parallels links the two composers here. Both were child prodigies who died, within two months of...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1995

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