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Handel Concerti Grossi; Overtures

While a plethora of Handelian recording projects continue on apace, it is curious that musicians seldom produce a disc of...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 12/2009

Moriz Rosenthal Vol.2

The bulk of Pearl's programme derives from the same masters as in Crimp's collection (see above), and has been transferred...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1993

(The) Feast of the Ascension at Westminster Abbey

“Who’s this?” you think, because, having cast an idle eye over the contents, you now want to know who is...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/2008

Kathleen Battle sings Italian Opera Arias

Knowing, perhaps, that she has a winning hand, the recitalist plays her strongest card first. This is Juliet's solo in...

Reviewed in issue 12/1993

Herrmann Symphony; The Fantasticks

Unicorn-Kanchana's Herrmann reissue programme continues with a welcome new lease of life for the composer's 1974 recording of his enjoyable...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/1994

Bach; Gubaidulina Violin Concertos

Anne-Sophie Mutter has lost no time in recording the violin concerto written for her by Sofia Gubaidulina in 2006-07. In...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/2008

Mozart: The Great Sonatas for Piano and Violin

It is the fate of Mozart's piano and violin sonatas to provide fodder for enthusiastic (and often not so enthusiastic)...

Reviewed in issue 11/1985

Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin

Eugene Onegin is a difficult work to perform and to record; for these ''lyrical scenes'' demand singers who can get...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1989

Schumann Piano Works

Worth investigating for the F minor Sonata, which is a problem piece full of wonderful Schumann. Ciccolini, a veteran of...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 6/2003

Mahler Symphony No 9

Bruno Walter's Mahler has a special status which seems likely to survive the misgivings of revisionist critics. Historically speaking, there...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 13/2002

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