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Leopold Stokowski conducts Beethoven, Britten & Falla

The treasure here is Stokowski’s account of Falla’s El amor brujo, given at a Prom in 1964. It is so...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1999

Silencium-Songs of the Spirit

Perhaps the most telling observation to be made about this release is the way that Argo have chosen to package...

Reviewed by mharry in issue: 2/1998

Mendelssohn String Quartets

This Acanta set was recorded in the early 1970s, and has an attractive, mellow quality of sound which however doesn't...

Reviewed in issue 12/1989

Beethoven Cello Sonatas

Anthony Pleeth and Melvyn Tan recorded all five cello sonatas and three sets of variations on early instruments, on a...

Reviewed in issue 4/1992

Mahler Song-cycles

This is indeed one Great Recording of the Century. The partnership between the two JBs was instinctive, the conductor forever...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1999

Babbitt Soli e Duettini

Watchers of the new music scene should know what lies in store when the back cover of a disc advertises...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 9/2006

Zandonai Francesca da Rimini

Zandonai is a fascinatingly anomalous figure, a fundamentally flawed composer but at times a very impressive and curiously original one....

Reviewed in issue 7/1988

Respighi Orchestral Works

This recording was made in the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's new hall, and the outstandingly natural spaciousness of the acoustic gives...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 1/1994

Czerny Six Grand Trios

These six trios for three players at one piano were written for domestic or pedagogical use. The texture is uniformly...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 9/1999

Schoenberg String Quartets

The three currently available sets of Schoenberg's string quartets represent three quite different styles of interpretation. Weighing the profit-and-loss account...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/1995

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