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Mozart Organ Works

Mozart's renowned skill as an improviser at the organ combined with the very limited scope for original organ composition in...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/1991

Tchaikovsky Symphonies Nos 1 & 6

Further proof that Vladimir Jurowski has moulded the London Philharmonic into one of the most poised and articulate bands around....

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2009

Handel: Arias for Senesino

Senesino, or Francesco Bernardi (to give the man from Siena his true name), must have been a remarkable singer and...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 4/1988

Voices from Heaven

In the first paragraph of his introductory notes, Harvey Sachs explains the disc’s origins, which lie in a programme devised...

Reviewed in issue 2/1999

Henze Orchestral & Vocal Works

This attractive compilation fills significant gaps in the current discography of Henze’s earlier compositions. The main work, Nachtstucke und Arien,...

Reviewed in issue 5/2001

Haydn Symphonies

According to Percy Scholes, Haydn's La Poule Symphony got its name because the second theme in the first movement sounded...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1990

R. Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten

When this recording first appeared it was something of a trail-blazer. As the accompanying note in the booklet tells us,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1991

Guido Cantelli conducts Rossini, Mendelssohn & Beethoven

Testament's latest tribute to Cantelli, who died in November 1956, aged 36, contains one familiar recording in the shape of...

Reviewed in issue 11/1994

Reger Orchestral Works

It's unfortunate for Capriccio that we already have very fine recordings of the Mozart Variations from Sir Colin Davis (Philips,...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/1992

Liszt Late Works

Fascinating as they are, Liszt’s late piano pieces do not usually attract much attention from performers. Exceptions have been Alfred...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/2002

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