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Foss Griffelkin

This is the first recording of an unknown work – a full-length children’s opera commissioned by NBC TV in the wake of...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 7/2003

Nielsen Orchestral Works

There are those who rate this one of the finer Nielsen 'Fives' on record, but I'm afraid I'm not among...

Reviewed in issue 10/1989

Prokofiev Violin Concertos

There are pages in both concertos that Sitkovetsky has completely rediscovered for me. No. 1 is little short of revelatory....

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/1988

Brahms: Piano Works

I found this CD wholly enjoyable from start to finish. It is true that the music is early rather than...

Reviewed in issue 6/1985

Mendelssohn: Songs without Words

For reasons best known to themselves, DG chose only to make a lucky dip into Barenboim's 1974 recording of the...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 12/1987

Haydn Orfeo ed Euridice

When Haydn was finally released from his duties at Esterhazy by the death of Prince Nicolaus in 1790, he arrived...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 4/1997

Monteverdi Vespro della Beate Vergine

Rinaldo Alessandrini has waited long before committing to disc his thoughts on Monteverdi’s most famous sacred publication. On the issues...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 2/2005

Enescu Violinist & Composer

Georges Enescu is to this day Romania's greatest musical ambassador. If his compatriot and one-time performing partner Dinu Lipatti remains...

Reviewed in issue 6/1993

Rachmaninov plays Rachmaninov

Although these recordings are already available on RCA's magnificent, and now Gramophone Award-winning, ten-CD salute to the composer (3/93), it...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/1993

Delius Orchestral Works, Volume 1

It is good to have such vintage Beecham performances on a super-bargain disc in Naxos’s Historical series. Even without the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/2000

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