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C.P.E. Bach Symphonies

This set of six symphonies for string orchestra is the earlier of Emanuel Bach's two Hamburg symphonic collections. They were...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1989

Weill Lost in the Stars

Julius Rudel conducted a production of Lost in the Stars for the New York City Opera in 1959, part of...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 11/1993

His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts-Grand Tour

HMSC reads like an arcane government department but over the years this distinguished group has become deservedly recognized by its...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 11/1996

Shostakovich Symphony No 8

In concert some of Skrowaczewski’s finest work with the Hallé has come since he ceased to be Principal Conductor in...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2004

Schubert/Schumann Chamber Works

All of the music recorded here exists in a variety of different instrumental versions. For example, the Naxos catalogue itself...

Reviewed in issue 7/1993

Liszt Complete Hungarian Rhapsodies

This reissue of Liszt’s complete Hungarian Rhapsodies will do much to dispel sadly still-current notions of flashiness and empty display....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/2011

Beethoven Piano Sonatas

All these sonatas were recorded in New York but Les adieux was done in 1984, two years before the other...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 2/1988

Messiaen Saint François d'Assise

Sandro Carli’s first production of Saint François, at the Paris Opéra, is still singular in its faithful recreation of Messiaen’s...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 13/2009

Mozart (Le) Nozze di Figaro

There’s a beguilingly youthful feeling about this Figaro, with its personable cast, Paolo Olmi’s breezy reading and Jean-Pierre Vincent’s pleasantly...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 10/2003

Schnittke Symphony No 2

Inspired by a visit to Bruckner’s resting-place at St Florian, Schnittke’s Second Symphony is his attempt at a Symphony-cum-Mass. The...

Reviewed in issue 6/1997

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