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R. Strauss Orchestral Works

It is good to see DG paying wholesale tribute to one of the great Strauss conductors. With one exception, these...

Reviewed in issue 10/1988

Sibelius Orchestral Works

Of the comparative versions listed above all but the Karajan are also listed in the LP catalogue, though the latter...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 11/1988

Handel Sosarme

That Handel was fired by strong dramatic situations is, of course, beyond question. But occasionally he wasn't; and sometimes, too,...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 12/1994

Beethoven String Quartets

The Orpheus Quartet will be familiar to many UK collectors for their recordings of the Malipiero quartets (ASV, V92). However,...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 12/1994

Beethoven Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5

Nobody—well, almost nobody—would seriously want to stop our large present-day orchestras playing such pillars of the repertoire as the Beethoven...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1987

Schubert Fantasies

Nearly all Schubert's great instrumental works maintain the classical four-movement layout: by the 1820s his mastery in handling and extending...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 6/2000

Corigliano Red Violin Concerto. Violin Sonata

Coming up to his 70th birthday next year and decorated with many awards, John Corigliano is one of the most...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 2/2008

Mahler Symphony No 9

Giulini's 1976 recording of Mahler's Ninth comes digitally remastered on CD so that the first thing one notices is the...

Reviewed in issue 2/1989

Anne Sophie von Otter - Music for a While

Before Anne Sofie von Otter grants us her undoubtedly unique interpretation of Abba songs, ‘Music for a while’ demonstrates that...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 5/2005

Schubert 'Arpeggione' Sonata; Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme

Maxim Rysanov commissioned the present arrangement of Schubert’s Arpeggione Sonata from the Plovdiv-born, London-based composer Dobrinka Tabakova (b1980). Tastefully laid...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2011

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