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Howells In Gloucester; Dyson Three Rhapsodies

Hyperion’s attractively packaged Helios series has been serving up some remarkable bargains of late, few more desirable than the present...

Reviewed in issue 8/2001

Mozart Sacred Works Vol 2

The two Mozart discs virtually complete Harnoncourt’s cycle of the Masses, with, by my reckoning, only K275 still to come....

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 5/1999

Mozart (Die) Zauberflöte

When considering Furtwängler’s legendary readings at the Salzburg Festival, it is best to put aside all the revaluations of Mozart...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/2005

Sola m'iré - Spanish Polyphony

There have been many fine recordings drawing from the repertory of this royal Spanish songbook, but this one stands out...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 3/2000

Peter Katin plays Chopin, Vol.2

The B flat minor Sonata is the centre-piece of this exceptionally generously filled new Chopin disc from Katin. His own...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 5/1988

Szymanowski Orchestral Works

A useful coupling (if not a very generous one), and the performances are decent: I liked the precision of the...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 7/1994

R. Strauss Opera Excerpts

The latest of the Chandos series of Strauss recordings made by the Scottish National Orchestra conducted by Neeme Jarvi, with...

Reviewed in issue 2/1990

Carmina Burana (original version)

Famous as its title has become through Carl Orff's work of the same name, the original Carmina burana—a German manuscript...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

Brahms Symphony No 4; Schumann Genoveva Overture

Jarvi has been a prolific maker of records in the last two years, and I imagine that most collectors would...

Reviewed in issue 12/1988

Puccini Tosca

The Mehta version of 1973 with Leontyne Price making her second complete recording of Tosca (first, with Karajan on Decca—nla)...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1986

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