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Mahler Das Lied von der Erde

This is a surprise, and a pleasant one. In 1920 Schoenberg began a chamber version of the work but left...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1994

Piano Works for Children

With its seven composers and 48 tracks, this disc provides a mixed bag, though the ''For Children'' title indicates the...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1992

Barber/Meyer Violin Concertos

The 19-year-old Hilary Hahn follows up the success of her first Sony disc (chosen as 'Recording of the Month' in...

Reviewed in issue 5/2000

Puccini Gianni Schicchi

A recording of Gianni Schicchi in German might seem to make little sense (at least outside Germany), were it not...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/2001

Ades Tevot; Violin Concerto

EMI’s commitment to Thomas Adès continues with this miscellany of recent works. Its Hebrew title referring to structures of security...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 4/2010

Wagner Tristan und Isolde - Highlights

A complete Tristan from Knappertsbusch with a near-ideal cast, together with much of Act 2 and a complete version of...

Reviewed in issue 5/1995

Bowen Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto No 1

Given that York Bowen’s Viola Concerto was my most moreish discovery last year (7/05), I could hardly wait to get...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/2006

Bach Cantatas, Vol. 1

Helmuth Rilling's Bach cantata recordings have had a pretty raw deal in the UK from a marketing point of view....

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1995

Beethoven Triple Concerto; Romances

The Triple Concerto is not a feeble work of Beethoven's, as it is often considered; and if I state that...

Reviewed in issue 5/1987

Shostakovich Symphony No 5

This splendid, weighty performance of the Shostakovich Fifth Symphony appeared originally in the same month as the Fifth Symphony of...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1983

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