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Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5

It was with this very symphony that Mariss Jansons first made his mark a quarter of a century ago, and...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 1/2011

Schumann Songs, Vol 7

Hyperion’s Schumann song series has already produced some profoundly satisfying discs‚ but none quite to equal the pleasures found on...

Reviewed in issue 13/2002

Schubert (The) Unauthorised Piano Duos

This intriguing disc of ‘unauthorised piano duos’ forms a sequel to Goldstone’s three double-CD albums entitled ‘Schubert: The Piano Masterpieces’...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2004

Delalande Sacred Choral Works

The two grands motets which feature in this new recording by Philippe Herreweghe contain some of the noblest and profoundest...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1991

Berg Chamber works

The Schoenberg Quartet follows its excellent Schoenberg and Zemlinsky sets (A/01, A/02) withwhat is billed as Berg’s complete chamber music....

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 11/2002

Verdi La Traviata

Toscanini first conducted this work when he was 19 at Rio in 1886. In the succeeding years in Italy and...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1992

Xenakis Oresteia

One idea that fuelled Gluck's operatic reforms was the breaking down of conventions to get at dramatic truth. An important...

Reviewed in issue 9/1990

Rorem Organ works

American organ music seems to have escaped wide attention outside the USA, yet, perhaps because of the variety of very...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 5/1990

Vaughan Williams Orchestral Works

According to one of Britain's most brilliant and influential critics, a Vaughan Williams revival is a chimera. Nobody seems to...

Reviewed in issue 3/1990

Vainberg Symphony No 17;The Banners of Peace

Olympia’s admirable loyalty to the cause of Mieczyslaw Vainberg (as he latterly preferred to be styled) here reaches a seventh...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/1997

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