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Gerhard Hüsch Sings

After all these years Husch's performances of these three cycles remain a benchmark by which others come to be judged....

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1992

Handel: Orchestral Works

The title of this compendium rightly eschews the word 'complete'. Even if 'orchestral' is taken to exclude music from stage...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 3/1988

Mozart Clarinet Concerto

Perhaps with the hindsight that this was to be Mozart’s last major completed work, most players stress the Clarinet Concerto’s...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/2010

Sullivan (The) Pirates of Penzance

Whereas The Mikado seems traditionally unfortunate in its recordings, The Pirates of Penzance has fared much better. Yet, just as...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 11/1993

Beethoven 32 Variations; Piano Sonatas Nos 1, 26 & 32

Pianist Miki Skuta’s innate musicality and feeling for nuance attracted me to his superb 2004 recording of Bach’s Goldberg Variations....

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 1/2009

Respighi Symphonic Poems

The trilogy of Respighi's Roman symphonic poems makes a generous coupling, but till now on LP it has meant making...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1985

Nordgren Symphonies 3 & 5

The two symphonies recorded here are dark, atmospheric works equally well conceived for full orchestra. While the expertise of his...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 4/2000

Monteverdi: Sacred choral works

There could hardly be two more dramatically contrasted interpretational approaches to Monteverdi's sacred music than those demonstrated on these two...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 9/1987

Verdi Otello

Forget all the hype, forget the larger-than-life figure of outdoor events, listen to the sincere and serious musician captured here...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1991

Prokofiev Violin Sonatas etc

A clear first choice in this repertoire and heartening confirmation of the young Vadim Repin’s considerable violinistic skills. Tension sets...

Reviewed in issue 1/1996

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