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Fritz Reiner conducts Richard Strauss

As Reiner died in 1963, it seems clear that the 1967 review of the Symphonia domestica listed above was probably...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1990

Rossini Songs

There are so many songs from Rossini's final years that single-disc selections are bound to be arbitrary. (It was a...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/1993

Patricia Petibon - French Touch

Here’s a bit of a surprise. Patricia Petibon, usually associated with Baroque and 18th-century music, reveals a robust sense of...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 5/2004

Mahler; Schoenberg Chamber Works

The Prazák Quartet’s prowess in the music of, and around, the Second Viennese School has already been demonstrated. This new...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 11/2002

Brahms; Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos

As the booklet rightly states‚ collectors who began at the dawn of the mono LP era (ah me!)‚ now recall...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 1/2002

Gluck Orphée et Eurydice

There is no question where the spotlight falls in this recording. The glorious Italianate tenor of Juan Diego Flórez is...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 6/2010

Franck & Debussy: Cello Sonatas, etc

No one listening here to the start of the first movement of Franck's Sonata could guess that the marking is...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 2/1991

Ireland Piano Works, Vol 1

The pleasures here are many. John Lenehan is a very accomplished performer: not only is his technical address impeccable, but...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/1998

Sibelius Symphonies Nos 3 & 6; Stravinsky Violin Concerto

Objections on principle can be put aside. There is no fixed boundary between chamber and full orchestras, and I should...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 9/2009

Bartók Bluebeard's Castle

Most recordings of Bluebeard’s Castle have their pivotal moments. With Péter Eötvös (Hänssler), it’s the soul-scarring cry as Bluebeard, masterfully...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2009

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