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Harold Bauer - 1924-28 Victor Recordings
A few pianists may recognize Harold Bauer's name as the dedicatee of Ravel's Ondine; some record collectors may have HMV...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1993
Romantic choral works
Hanover Girls' Choir | Karl Bergemann | Ludwig Rutt
The Hanover Girls' Choir are a little over 50 strong and sing with a sweet, well-disciplined style. The singers are,...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1987
Weber Oberon
In the opera, Sir Huon has only to blow his magic horn (if he can find it) and Oberon will...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/2005
Debussy La Mer; Elgar Enigma Variations
Arturo Toscanini | BBC Symphony Orchestra
Everyone who heard Toscanini conduct or rehearse marvelled at his ability to get precisely what he wanted from an orchestra....
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/1988
Boïeldieu La Dame Blanche
You'd have difficulty finding a stage performance of La dame blanche these days, but in the nineteenth century it was...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1990
Liszt Piano Works, Vol.15
Surely few creative musicians have ever opened their hearts more widely to the outside world—its natural beauty, its art and...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1992
Clara Schumann Works for Piano
This is an invaluable issue for all Schumann lovers, offering not only all the solo piano works Clara was always...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/1993
PARRY Judith (Vann)
Hands up: how many of us have laughed at Ernest Newman’s quip about Parry ‘sickening for another oratorio’ without ever...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 04/2020
Virgins, Vixens & Viragos
Malcolm Martineau | Susan Graham
I can’t think of another singer today who could match Susan Graham in an eclectic programme ranging across three centuries,...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 03/2013
Serenade: Songs for Clarinet
Fabio di Càsola | Willi Zimmermann | Zurich Chamber Orchestra
A delightful anthology of lovely songs transcribed for clarinet and strings by Fabian Müller that will surely be welcomed by...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 03/2014
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