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Beethoven Symphony No 5; Shostakovich Symphony 5

Here are two more unique but imperfect documents of a fondly remembered, old-school maestro. Nowadays Barbirolli isn’t thought of as...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2006

Telemann Essercizii Musici

The title of this entertaining disc is misleading, since only three of its nine items belong to Telemann’s chamber music...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1996

Howells Choral & Organ Music, Vol.2

Though it includes Howells's most famous Christmas carol and two of his best-known organ solos, the programme here has as...

Reviewed in issue 12/1991

Danzi Flute Concertos

Franz Danzi was born in 1763 and as a teenager played as a cellist in the famous Palatinate court orchestra...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1988

Tan Dun Orchestral Works

Born in central Hunan in 1957, the Chinese composer Tan Dun has already begun to build a considerable reputation for...

Reviewed in issue 9/1998

Bartók: Works for Violin

The Sonata for solo violin was the last work Bartok finished. Menuhin, who had commissioned it, was unhappy with the...

Reviewed in issue 10/1990

Virtuoso Trombone Concertos

What the present recording of the Chausson Poeme has in common with that by Jessye Norman (Erato/Warner Classics) is that...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 4/1991

Schubert Trout Quintet; Notturno

This is a highly professional Trout, and unlike many (though not all) rival teams the Nash also offer a beguiling...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 5/1989

Great Conductors of the 20th Century - Sir Thomas Beecham

Sir Thomas Beecham’s sensuous, glowing, yet highly ebullient 1951 performance of Antar is unsurpassed, and with his thrilling account of...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/2004

R. Strauss Wind Concertos

The Vienna Philharmonic’s defiantly anachronistic attitude to the modern world has, notoriously, generated controversy on occasion. Their resistance to the...

Reviewed in issue 4/1998

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