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Ravel/Debussy/Stravinsky String Quartets

I've reviewed so many pairings of the Debussy and Ravel quartets that I fear a deja vu aspect to my...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1995

Mahler Symphony No 2

With these releases, Naxos's laudable attempt to provide a Mahler cycle at rock-bottom price runs into serious difficulties. Too often...

Reviewed in issue 3/1994

Matthews, D Winter Passions

The “winter passions” are those of the poet Pushkin, as translated by DM Thomas and set to music by David...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/2010

Offenbach Les brigands

Les Brigands does not count amongst the best known of Offenbach's works—at any rate in Britain. Perhaps this is due...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 2/1990

Sibelius Legends,"Lemminkäinen Suite"; Luonnotar etc

The high profile enjoyed by the Oslo Philharmonic and the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra whose Sibelius cycle made so strong an...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 12/1996

Leila Josefowicz – Violin Sonatas

Putting aside for a moment the wisdom (or lack of it) in programming these works together, Leila Josefowicz and John...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 7/2005

Rameau La Guirlande

Arcadian flora is the overriding image in these two one­act ballets‚ or actes de ballets as they were known‚ where...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001

Organ music at Concertgebouw

I can't remember the last time I heard such a varied and wide-ranging programme which worked so well. As befits...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/1993

Tchaikovsky Ballet Music

Yet another complete Nutcracker and beautifully recorded too. This score is so inspired and obviously such a pleasure to play...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1992

Puccini Madama Butterfly

This is Barbirolli's Butterfly; despite Scotto's expressiveness and Bergonzi's elegance it is the conductor's contribution that gives this set its...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1989

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