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Martin; Pizzetti Sacred Choral Works

These are magnificent performances. Only 18 months ago we had an outstanding record of Frank Martin’s beautiful Mass for Double...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1998

Lucrezia Bori Victor Recordings 1925-37

Until Romophone brought out the complete run of her Victor recordings, Bori looked like becoming the forgotten prima donna. Vol....

Reviewed in issue 7/1996

Kodály Háry János Suite; Tchaikovsky Symphony No

Like Rostropovich's disappointing version of Tchaikovsky's Fifth for Erato (reviewed 5/90), each of these new contenders brings a substantial bonus....

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/1990

Bruckner Choral Works

Beside the great vaulted structures of his symphonies, Bruckner's liturgical music could seem rather insignificant. But Bruckner, the devout church...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 8/1992

Debussy/Ravel String Quartets

Since there are currently 17 versions of this ever-popular coupling in the catalogue at present, while yet more discs have...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 2/1995

Sibelius Symphonies Nos 2 & 3

Decca themselves issued Nos. 1 and 4 in the same coupling on their Ovation label in 1989 (nla). In its...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 2/1997

Schumann Lieder

The vogue for singing Schumann continues apace with these two very attractive discs. For those who want to make a...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1991

Mozart Symphonies Nos 23 and 36; Sinfonia Concertante,K364

Like the three discs of Mozart that Abbado has recorded previously for Sony with the Berlin Philharmonic (3/92, 3/94 and...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1996

Glazunov Chamber Works

For those of us regretful that Borodin's sublime brand of chamber-musical song-making more or less stopped short at the Second...

Reviewed in issue 11/1995

Variations, Passacaglias and Chaconnes

I was a bit sniffy in December about Alice Artzt's last recorded recital (AVM/BMG), feeling that it contained rather too...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1990

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