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Hans Hotter sings Schubert and Schumann Lieder

Well before Fischer-Dieskau began to explore the more recherche corners of Schubert's song opus, Hotter—as Fischer-Dieskau has often himself stated—had...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1988

Gershwin: Orchestral Works

Dutoit's American takes like a native to Paris—as well he might given the Montreal Symphony Orchestra's near-ideal blend of French...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 3/1990

Messiaen 20 Regards sur l'enfant Jésus

In the early 1970s, when three versions of the Vingt regards had just appeared, I plumped for the one by...

Reviewed in issue 12/1991

Griffes Orchestral Works

Charles Tomlinson Griffes, who died at 35 in 1920, represents the high point of American post-Romanticism. From his European training...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 4/2004

(La) Rimembranza

The excellence of research and performance in this enlightening series on the 19th-century musical salon – this is Volume 5...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 7/2003

Vienna State Opera Live Recordings (sampler)

The attics are empty, the cellars are bare and the voices of ghosts from the stage of the past will...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Haydn Mass No. 14 and Te Deum

This is a wonderfully uplifting performance of one of Haydn’s most cheerful Masses. It’s hard to believe that this jovial...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 2/1997

Tchaikovsky 18 Pieces

Over the years Tchaikovsky’s piano music has been undervalued. Even the G major Sonata has been neglected outside Russia (though...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 1/2010

Crusell: Clarinet Quartets

Thea King's Hyperion recording of all three of Crusell's clarinet quartets, first issued on LP in 1983, was a pioneering...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1989

Haydn: Masses

The earliest of the three works here is the F major Missa brevis which Haydn wrote in about 1749. The...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1987

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