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Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel

When a perfectly serviceable version of Hansel and Gretel in English already exists on CfP, it is generous as well...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/2007

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

A comparison between these two Compact Discs is at least as striking and as thought-provoking as those 'guess which is...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1983

Holbrooke Chamber Works

Aware that Joseph Holbrooke was a prominent, prolific composer in the early part of the last century, I was curious...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 11/2011

Prokofiev Symphonies 1 & 5

Dutoit's beautifully honed account of the Fifth should make more of an impression than it does. His choices are wise,...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 7/1989

Great Conductors of the 20th Century - Evgeny Mravinsky

‘Great Conductors of the 20th Century’ is the boast of this enterprising but uneven series, though as the late Professor...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/2003

Poulenc Choral Works

It has been remarked before that, in recordings of Poulenc's unaccompanied choral works, all the running has been made by...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1989

A. Scarlatti Duo Cantatas, Vol.1

These four pieces—three chamber cantatas and a duet—are all new to The Classical Catalogue. Alessandro Scarlatti was almost unbelievably prolific...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1993

In Gloria Dei Patris

This projects marks the 10th anniversary of an association between the Royal Academy of Music and Neresheim Abbey in Germany,...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 1/2003

Mahler Symphony No. 6

We have Mahler’s twin anniversary years to thank for the latest wave of concert recordings. Here two of today’s most...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 1/2012

Liszt Faust Symphony

Barenboim’s is the most overtly Wagnerian account of the Faust Symphony in the current catalogue: a sumptuous production, frequently excitable...

Reviewed in issue 4/1999

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