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Weber Der Freischütz

Ancient and raucous though the recording is, there are pleasures to be found in this performance. One is the handling...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1994

Brahms Orchestral Works

As JS recently observed in his review of the new Giulini/DG Brahms Symphony No. 4 (12/90)—also recorded live at performances...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 8/1991

Lauridsen Nocturnes

Morten Lauridsen is very much the brightest star in the firmament of the American choral scene. Hänssler quotes Nick Strimple...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 2/2007

Janácek Piano Works

Palenicek's recording of Janacek's piano pieces originally formed part of a two-LP set that included the Concertino and Capriccio (see...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1992

Schmidt String Quartets

The two Franz Schmidt quartets have been recorded before by the Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet for Preiser though the performances, dating...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 6/1996

Kapell plays Khachaturian

The Khachaturian Concerto was conspicuous by its absence from the Kapell volume in Philips’s Great Pianists of the 20th Century...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 1/2001

Liszt Symphonic Poems

Here is a second mid-price reissue of this particular selection (previously available on EMI Studio, 2/88), but with the useful...

Reviewed in issue 10/1994

Vienna State Opera Live, Vol. 1

Not everyone will have read last month's review of the 'sampler' disc which introduced this remarkable Koch Schwann series, so...

Reviewed in issue 7/1994

Beethoven String Quartets Op.18 No.4 & Op.59 No.3

Unlike Ignaz Schuppanzigh, the quartet named after him has no cause to complain about the difficulties of playing Beethoven’s music....

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: /2000

Furtwängler The Early Recordings

Far be it for me to suggest that you take scissors or blade to the pages of Gramophone, sacred sward...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/1992

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