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C. Strauss Missa Maria Concertata; Motets

This is the Viennese Strauss that got away. More’s the pity, judging from this impressive collection of motets and a...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 8/1999

Dvorák Symphonies Nos 7 and 8

Maazel's Dvorak performances were recorded in the Grosser Saal of the Vienna Musikverein in 1981 (No. 8) and 1983 (No....

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1990

Strauss, R Salome

The second DVD in as many months to feature Nadja Michael’s lithe tour de force as the teenage Salome is...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 4/2009

Fauré Historic Chamber Nusic

Cortot’s and Thibaud’s 1927 disc of Faure’s First Violin Sonata remains a recorded classic, a performance of a lightness, vivacity...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 13/1997

Delius Orchestral Works

Handley's approach to Delius is fairly objective in style. He always keeps the music moving onwards, with no lingering phrases...

Reviewed in issue 2/1989

Sibelius Symphonies Nos 4 & 6

An imposing recording of two impressive performances. Simon Rattle has long won his spurs as a Sibelian and the record...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1988

Baroque Flute Concertos

This is a disc featuring music with Scandinavian associations. In the case of the Hasse Flute Concerto they are, to...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 6/1993

Schubert Piano Works

Brendel is still recognizably the romantically impressionable Brendel of old in the big A major Sonata, where like Schnabel before...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 2/1989

Roman Trekel - Gleichklamg

Roman Trekel has already established himself as a reliable artist in opera and a notable interpreter of Lieder. He confirms...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Dutilleux Violin Concerto etc

In welcoming Yan Pascal Tortelier’s first Dutilleux disc for Chandos (the two symphonies, 11/93) I expressed the hope that more...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 11/1996

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