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Verdi Rigoletto

Philips's recording sounds predictably fine in its CD version and this must now be accounted the best recorded of all...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1985

Vladigerov Vardar; Traumspiel Suite; Bulgarian Dances

Despite his Mexican-sounding first name and Swiss birth, Pancho Vladigerov (1899-1978) was Bulgarian through and through. Largely forgotten outside his...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 9/2007

Beethoven Triple Concerto Op 56; Piano Trio Op 11

There are considerable advantages in having an established piano trio as soloists in the Triple Concerto. The integrated sound and...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2004

Beethoven Symphonies 1 & 3

Beethoven's little joke about Bach being no Bach (no ''stream'') but the ocean itself could equally well be applied to...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1989

Grieg Peer Gynt

Zürich Ballet chief Heinz Spoerli has created a passionately felt ballet from much of Grieg’s score, some of Ibsen’s dialogue...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 2/2010

Brahms/Schumann Viola & Piano Works

It was the violinist Joachim who suggested to Brahms that he should adapt his recently written two Clarinet Sonatas, Op....

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 10/1987

Brahms Symphony 1; Academic Festival Overture

It's intriguing and rather encouraging to find here performances which reflect the traditions of a great orchestra rather than the...

Reviewed in issue 9/1988

Mozart Symphonies

When Bernstein has long been one of the most consistently stylish and lively Haydn interpreters on record, repeatedly winning the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1985

Mayerl (A) Miscellany for Solo Piano

Leslie De’Ath, who has so nobly served the piano music of Cyril Scott, has now turned to Billy Mayerl. His...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 12/2008

Arnold, D Casino Royale - OST

The absence of a title-song on this soundtrack CD of Casino Royale (though not in the film itself) had me...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 1/2007

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