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Tippett String Quartets

Tippett’s Fourth String Quartet is an excellent demonstration of how traditional formal processes could come up as new in his...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 11/2008

Liszt An Italian Recital

How pleasant to find this CD adorned with photos of the actual Villa d'Este fountains and cypresses—even if Stephen Hough...

Reviewed in issue 10/1992

Bernstein in Budapest

''Big LB'' is the logo on Bernstein's white anorak as he poses for the sleeve-photo. Only a genuinely big personality...

Reviewed in issue 12/1986

Vivaldi Concertos

Here is a pleasing anthology of concertos in a variety of sound colours. Anthony Robson is the soloist in one...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1993

Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade; Tchaikovsky Marche Slave

Scheherazade was a key work in Stokowski’s repertoire and one which he recorded five times. But there seems general agreement...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/2004

Berg Altenberg Lieder; Lulu Suite; Lyrische Suite

It is obviously high time that Claudio Abbado recorded Lulu. His account of the suite is ravishingly beautiful, with a...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 10/1996

Khachaturian/Nielsen Flute Concertos

This issue is certainly not going to win any awards for sound-quality. Rampal is placed absurdly forward in the Nielsen,...

Reviewed in issue 10/1989

Vaughan Williams (The) Pilgrim's Progress

Perhaps it is worth drawing attention immediately to the second recording listed above for comparison. The Royal Northern College of...

Reviewed in issue 7/1998

Bax Overture; Sinfonietta

Neither of these pieces is exactly top-drawer Bax, but both contain top-drawer moments. The Sinfonietta has a particularly good slow...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 7/1988

Dvorák Violin Works

When it first appeared, RO hailed Perlman's version of the Dvorak Concerto as ''a de luxe performance'' and thought it...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 1/1988

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