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Mozart Mitridate

Mozart was not quite 15 when, in 1770, he composed Mitridate, as the first carnival opera – and so the...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/1999

Rossini (La) donna del lago

The cover stretches a point in claiming this was ‘unlocked from the archives of RAI’, as it’s been available in...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 3/2005

Beethoven: String Quartets, Op.18

This is the first set to accommodate all six Op. 18 Quartets on two Compact Discs. Both of the rival...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 10/1987

Vivaldi Concerti per Archi

Vivaldi’s concertos for string orchestra without soloist, long an under-considered area of his output, have been growing steadily in popularity...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 7/2004

Sibelius Kullervo Symphony

This is the second of Paavo Berglund's two recordings of Kullervo, the symphonic poem-cum-symphony with which Sibelius made his breakthrough...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1994

Michael Nyman Concertos

There has been an unwelcome tendency in recent years for critics almost to begrudge Michael Nyman the enormous commercial success...

Reviewed by mharry in issue: 11/1997

Sibelius Symphonies Nos 4 & 6

I started with the new Berglund CD, coupling the Fourth and Sixth Symphonies. With this Finnish conductor one can rely...

Reviewed in issue 1/1997

Chabrier Une Education Manquée/Mélodies

Anyone who enjoyed Chabrier’s sparkling L’Etoile—and it would be a dismal Jimmy indeed who didn’t—will certainly relish this entertaining pocket...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1992

Fasch Trios & Quadros

Johann Friedrich Fasch was a near contemporary of Bach’s, and in 1722 applied for the same job as Kantor of...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 2/2001

Telemann Der Getreue Music-Meister

“The cow, but stay! no, no, the she-goat bowed down her horns to the earth and begged the lion to...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1996

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