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Roussel Chamber Music, Vol. 3

Hard on the heels of Vol. 2 of Roussel's chamber music (Olympia, 9/95) comes this third volume, with many of...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1995

Praetorius Mass

From the Gramophone Award-winning reconstruction of ''A Venetian Coronation 1595'' (5/90) followed by an equally resplendent Vespers service of 50...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/1994

Tüür Magma

Estonia’s best-known internationally orientated modernist has composed six symphonies (the latest having had its premiere earlier this year in Tallinn),...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2007

Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 12 & 14

I must confess to deriving more pleasure from these Mozart performances than from the more 'authentic' versions with fortepiano, period...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1986

Puccini La Bohème

Quite small points can colour your reaction to a recording of La boheme. ''Cerchi'' (''look for it'') says Mimi of...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1990

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

Valery Gergiev’s live recording of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth with the Vienna Philharmonic made a great impact when it appeared in 1999....

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2005

Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen - Scenes

These reissues are well timed. Astrid Varnay's Brunnhilde is one of the most exciting aspects of the 1953 Bayreuth Ring,...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/1989

Bach Schemelli Songbook

To what extent Bach was involved in the composition and publication of the so-called Schemelli’s Songbook is hard to know...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 11/1998

Rameau Ouvertures

What a splendid idea it was to make a programme of overtures by Rameau; I’m surprised nobody has done it...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 7/1997

Rossini (L')Italiana in Algeri

Aix-en-Provence is generally a guarantor of musical excellence and this performance is no exception. Maxim Mironov may not be as...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/2008

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