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Souvenirs of 19th Century Italian Opera

Here is a test for the encyclopaedias and dictionaries. Apolloni, Bottesini, Campana, Faccio, Marchetti, Petrella, Ruggi: let us see what...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Puccini La Bohème

Guadagno's Boheme for Koch Schwann is based on a production at the Verona Arena. It was recorded not in that...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 11/1995

Vivaldi Sacred Choral Works

Some people get all the luck, I suppose, but you could hardly say that Robert King has not earned the...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2004

Sibelius Piano Music Vol. 3

Something about Sibelius and the piano never quite gelled‚ and his extensive output of short solo pieces (more than 100)...

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

Nielsen Symphony No. 4/Hymnus Amoris/Little Suite

Here is a strong performance of the Fourth Symphony from the Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra and Ulf Schirmer. The...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 1/1997

Du Mont Sacred Choral Works

The seventeenth-century Belgian composer, Henry Du Mont played an important part in the introduction of the stile moderno to French...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1991

Wagner Arias & Lieder

One prime characteristic of CD which contributes much to this record is the total surrounding silence. There was no cause...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/1985

Biber Requiem; Vesperae

Even if the present wave of interest in Biber has been sparked off merely by the 350th anniversary of his...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1994

Mahler Lieder

I cannot think of a better introduction to Mahler’s songs, nor a better bargain in this field. Lorenz, a much...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1999

Ferdinand Schubert: Sacred Choral Works

Until the arrival of this disc, practically all I knew about Ferdinand Schubert was that he had tended his younger...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1988

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