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Shostakovich Piano Quintet; String Quartets Nos 7 & 8

From the very beginning of the Piano Quintet it is obvious that this is to be a performance on a...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 11/1985

Verdi Simon Boccanegra

On November 5th, 1955, the Vienna State Opera returned to its restored home, damaged in the war. The opera was...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1999

Jennifer Larmore - Bravura Diva

Jennifer Larmore has many enterprising solo discs to her name. To date this is the most impressive of all, not...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 10/2005

French works for cello and piano

William Conway and Peter Evans offer first-rate performances of the sonatas of Debussy and Poulenc and the Frank Martin Ballade...

Reviewed by mjameson in issue: 11/1991

Bridge Piano Quintet; Phantasie Quartet

I’d always thought of Bridge’s Piano Quintet (written in 1904-05 and drastically revised in 1912) as the solitary failure in...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 12/2010

Sancte Deus

‘Know thine audience’ would seem to be Erato’s maxim in issuing yet another sequel to its hugely successful ‘Agnus Dei’...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2000

Fauré Choral Works

One would say at once that this is a highly competitive recording of the Faure Requiem (it will be the...

Reviewed in issue 9/1994

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Historic Telecasts - Pierre Monteux; Charles Munch

As can be seen above, these two telecast concerts from 1961 and 1963, respectively, were previously issued on separate videos....

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/2003

Manfred Schenk sings Wagner

Manfred Schenk has been a stalwart of the opera scene in Germany for some 25 years, but his voice has...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1991

Taneyev String Trios

This disc of Sergey Taneyev’s three string trios comes at a good time. Given the scarcity of Russian contributions to...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2008

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