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Borodin Symphonies

Here choice might be dictated partly by one's individual priorities. If they are with full modern digital sound, then the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1991

Haydn Symphonies

The rare conjunction of Haydn and the Vienna Philharmonic immediately whets the appetite while Andre Previn has often proved a...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/1994

Lutoslawski Orchestral Works

It's my guess that posterity will judge Witold Lutoslawski as among the supreme twentieth-century musical colourists. All four works included...

Reviewed in issue 2/1995

L'Album des Six

Staying with the Milhauds in California in the late 1950s, Stockhausen leafed through Milhaud’s latest score and said, ‘It’s funny...

Reviewed in issue 6/2001

Schumann Piano Works

Whereas no less than 17 different versions of both Schumann's First and Second sonatas are listed in the current Classical...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1992

(The) Radiant Voice of Barbara Bonney

‘The Radiant Voice.’ And‚ it might be added‚ the exquisite art. Come to that‚ the delectable disc might equally well...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001

Cererols Masses

Joan Cererols is hardly a household name. Born in 1618, he entered the choirschool at Monserrat as a child, and...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 7/1989

American piano music for four hands

The duo-piano medium regularly promises more than it delivers—twice the number of fingers does not make for double the excitement....

Reviewed in issue 3/1987

Rimsky-Korsakov Scheherazade

Even with 15 other versions of Rimsky's masterpiece of orchestral virtuosity to choose from—some in the top flight—this was recognized...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1983

Schoenberg: Works for String Orchestra

''That would be quite a disc!'' said Orpheus Chamber Orchestra member Julian Fifer when announcing the ensemble's plan for a...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 7/1990

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