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Haydn Symphonies, Vol. 3

The third disc in Hyperion's rapidly progressing Haydn cycle again offers generous measure: three profoundly original symphonies from 1772, something...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/1991

Soler Organ Concertos

It is unlikely that Soler and his pupil, the Infante Don Gabriel, son of Carlos III, for whom he wrote...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1993

Schubert Schwanengesang

Though written for the tenor voice, Schwanengesang has tended to remain the preserve of baritones and basses, Schreier, Haefliger and...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/2009

Wagner (Die) Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Let’s cut to the chase: a new Meistersinger conducted by Christian Thielemann with a carefully selected cast, and the Vienna...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 1/2010

Bach Goldberg Variations

At the risk of upsetting that correspondent who fulminates about ''musicological reviewers'' (evidently, in his eyes, a term of abuse),...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1987

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3; Paganini Variations

This is thoroughly musical and satisfying Rachmaninov playing‚ and I don’t intend that as a back­handed compliment. Many performances of...

Reviewed in issue 11/2001

Karaindrou Dust of Time OST

As with Theo Angelopoulos’s earlier films, Dust of Time is an inclusive experience such that no one aspect is as...

Reviewed by Richard_Whitehouse in issue: 6/2009

Schubert String Quintet

Dying swans don't only sing: they get angry too. There is plenty of wing-beating and lashing out in this performance...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 4/1995

Works for Piano & Orchestra

EMI's latest promotion certainly takes a striking photo which can do him no harm at all in today's market—and his...

Reviewed in issue 1/1989

Baroque Favourites

This disc was something of a surprise to me. Last time I heard Shirai she was a soprano, but here...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1989

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