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Thomas Allen - Arias Vol 2

It is indeed a long while from May to December, and Sir Tom, now inevitably in the September of his...

Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 6/2008

Telemann Solo Cantatas

Far from the ruminating concentration of Bach's alto cantatas, these shorter examples expose the pragmatic side of Europe's most naturally...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/2007

Nicolai Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor

All credit to the Germans for continuing to treasure this opera alongside Verdi’s later version of the Falstaff story. Nicolai’s...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 12/1998

Karl Muck conducts Wagner

Karl Muck was undoubtedly one of the greatest Wagnerian conductors of all time: the precious few records he made towards...

Reviewed in issue 4/1990

Bricusse Goodbye, Mr Chips - OST

Both these titles were produced by MGM as remakes from their classic back catalogue. Bounty (1962) was riddled with strife...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 3/2007

Monteverdi Vespers for the Feast of the Ascension

Monteverdi has been well served on record of late, though it is sobering to think that in an age of...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 2/1997

Music from Estonia, Vol 1

The only Estonian composers we know here are Eduard Tubin and Arvo Part. Both were pupils of Heino Eller, as...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 10/1987

Handel Coronation Anthems; See the Conqu'ring Hero

This is a most elegant version of these stirring works. The chorus, clearset against the orchestra, moves with the same...

Reviewed in issue 11/1985

Brahms Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2

Few musical partnerships have elicited such divergent critical opinions as Maurizio Pollini and Claudio Abbado in Brahms’s two piano concertos....

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 8/2000

Bruckner Requiem & Motets

Bruckner from St Florian, with trebles taking the upper parts – what could be more authentic? Yet there are problems,...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 7/1998

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