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Verdi Don Carlo

This production 18 months ago at the Netherlands Opera was Chailly’s swansong with the Concertgebouw. Choosing the four-act 1884 version,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/2005

Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor

I greeted this set with only modified rapture when it first appeared. Listening to it again in conjunction with the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1993

Zweers Symphony No 3, 'To My Fatherland'

Amsterdam-born Bernard Zweers (1854-1924) taught theory and composition at his home city’s Conservatory from 1895 until 1922. In his mid-twenties...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 13/2010

Scelsi: Choral & Orchestral Works

Taken together, these discs provide a comprehensive introduction to the orchestral music composed by the remarkable Italian Giacinto Scelsi (1905-88)...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 8/1990

Skalkottas Chamber Works

BIS’s exploration of the music of Nikos Skalkottas has yielded nothing more fascinating than the Concerto for Two Violins, completed...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 13/2003

Passiontide at St Paul's

Among the attractions of this recital is the singing of the four treble soloists, especially that of Connor Burrowes, who...

Reviewed in issue 13/1997

The Romance of the Flute and Harp

The romance of the flute and harp? What, incautiously left too close together in the band-room overnight? Found entwined in...

Reviewed in issue 3/1987

David Oistrakh - Unreleased Recordings

Too often the printed announcement “previously unpublished” either isn’t strictly true – the usual reason, previously published unofficial releases –...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 2/2009

Russian Orchestral Works

Unlike Sir Georg Solti in his thrilling and brilliantly articulated LSO recording for Decca (last reviewed in January 1990 and...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/1994

Mozart Piano Concertos

Fou Ts'ong and his Warsaw orchestra give vivid performances of these two Mozart concertos. He is, of course, a vastly...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 6/1994

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