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Stravinsky Rite of Spring; Firebird Suite

Major players in the recording world currently shy away from repertoire like this, affording an opportunity for the less ‘obvious’...

Reviewed in issue 7/2001

Maazel Music for Cello, Flute, Violin & Orchestra

Lorin Maazel’s interpretative facility has surfaced time and again in masterful and often perceptive recordings of major romantic and twentieth-century...

Reviewed in issue 5/1998

Symphonic Hollywood, Volume 1

Miklos Rozsa composed his Viola Concerto in 1979, following the advice of his old chum Piatigorsky, who suggested he write...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 10/1992

Brahms Violin Concerto; Schumann Symphony No 4

Having the soloist both play and conduct the Beethoven Violin Concerto is feasible, due mainly to the score’s structural simplicity...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 7/2007

Kreutzer Chamber Works for Strings, Wind & Piano

A listless romantic forever traversing Europe in search of regular employment, Konrad (‘Conradin’) Kreutzer (1780-1849) is a mere historical footnote...

Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 11/1999

Romanze The Romantic Viola

An introductory note from the Japanese-born, England-domiciled violist, Yuko Inoue, explains that this disc was timed to commemorate the 20th...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 10/2000

Verdi Simon Boccanegra

There is really only one Boccanegra here when it comes to the matter of choice, and, gratifyingly as it always...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 10/2008

Riley In C

Terry Riley’s In C is a democratic work in which every player makes his or her own decisions about how...

Reviewed in issue 12/2001

Britten War Requiem

Decca has used the most recent digital and CEDAR technology to improve the original sound of this classic under the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1985

Titta Ruffo - Early Recordings

The CD library now has two almost complete Ruffo collections, for, in addition to the two-disc set listed above, Preiser...

Reviewed in issue 9/1996

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