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Rinck Organ Works

I hope the plaudits Naxos frequently receive for their willingness to explore unusual repertoire haven’t gone to their heads. Publicity...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 7/1998

Bruckner Symphony No 9

Compact Disc seems to emphasize more than ever the radical difference in approach to this symphony between Karajan and Haitink...

Reviewed in issue 9/1986

Wagner Tristan und Isolde

Listening to the classic 1952 HMV set with Flagstad conducted by Furtwängler (see page 77), may not have been the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/2004

Allegri/Palestrina Sacred Choral Works

I doubt if any recording made by the choir of King's College, Cambridge, in the fertile Willcocks era will prove...

Reviewed in issue 5/1989

Wuorinen Piano Concerto/Golden Dance

Charles Wuorinen (b. 1938) fits neatly but not complacently into the present-day American mainstream. His music can hint at Carter-like...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/1993

Strauss, J Die Fledermaus

The history of complete Fledermaus recordings post-WW2 is generally considered to begin with the 1950 Decca recording with Clemens Krauss...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 12/2008

Britten Chamber Works

It's the lesser Britten we encounter on this disc, with works which might command little attention if we didn't know...

Reviewed in issue 7/1995

Bloch Schelomo; Honegger Cello Concerto

There is one alternative modern CD version of Schelomo and none of the Honegger. Indeed, the latter has not appeared...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1987

Vivaldi Concertos, Op. 3

This marvellous set of concertos for one, two and four violins calls for a group of well-matched (not cloned) soloists...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 1/1986

Glazunov Symphony No. 6; The Forest

Glazunov’s Sixth Symphony (1896) is one of his most successful. It opens sombrely with a slow, very Slavic melody, out...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 9/2000

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