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Piccinni (Le) donne vendicate

Niccolò Piccinni was admired equally in his day for his comic operas, his serious operas and, in his later career,...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 6/2004

Donizetti L'elisir d'amore

Donizetti's country comedy has always struck lucky on record. Besides the Pritchard and Wallberg sets listed above, favourably received here...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1986

Haydn Hornsignal & Farewell Symphonies

Having recorded his Mozart series for Telarc with the Prague Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras here turns to the admirable...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1990

Franck/Fauré/Ravel Violin Works

Now in his late sixties, Josef Suk is a fine and very experienced violinist with a large number of recordings...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1995

Rimsky-Korsakov Orchestral Works

Any new recording of Scheherazade has to be exceptional, for there is much splendid competition. Temirkanov certainly takes the New...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/1993

Stravinsky Orchestral Works

Since Stravinsky once described Webern as ''sphinx-like'', it will not be unreasonable if posterity judges Stravinsky as being ''chameleon-like'', inasmuch...

Reviewed in issue 5/1992

Beethoven Symphonies

Like the previous issue in Giulini's projected Beethoven cycle (11/92), this one offers predictably spacious readings of both symphonies. Anyone...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1994

Haydn Symphonies, Vol. 8

A new instalment in Hyperion's Haydn Edition seems to tumble off the press virtually every month. And for my money...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/1992

Vaughan Williams Symphonies Nos 1-9, etc

No sooner had I put the finishing touches to my review of Vernon Handley's exciting new coupling of VW Nos....

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/1995

Vaughan Williams Vocal Works

This is the first modern version of the Serenade to Music which attempts to provide an equivalent to the galaxy...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1990

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