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Schubert (Die) Winterreise

Setting up as a viable and much cheaper alternative to the Hyperion Schubert Edition, Naxos proposes, like its coeval, to...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/2000

Berlioz Les Troyens

It is a tribute to the quality of Sir Colin Davis's pioneering set of Berlioz's epic opera that it has...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1994

Berio Vocal & Orchestral Works

It may be at the risk of opening the flood-gates of the correspondence pages to say so, but to my...

Reviewed in issue 8/1990

German Sacred Concertos

This is a portrait of a genre characterised by tuneful responses to the idea of lamenting. While Buxtehude’s music takes...

Reviewed in issue 10/2001

MacDowell Piano Concertos

Macdowell's Second Piano Concerto, with its luxuriant romanticism and darkly eddying figurations, once enjoyed considerable popularity before a severer age...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1993

Shostakovich Symphony No 8

Sneaking back into contention on the budget Encore label, André Previn’s first, 1973 version of the Eighth would sit just...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 3/2008

Elgar Orchestral Works

The Alto label here offers three Elgar recordings not previously available in Britain, two of which are of outstanding quality....

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2009

Birtwistle Theseus Game; Earth Dances

In live performance, Theseus Game (2002-03) offers clear visual contrasts: an ensemble of 30 players has two conductors, and there’s...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 13/2004

Honegger Orchestral Works

The Honegger symphonies have been well served on CD in recent years. Both the Symphony for Strings (No. 2) and...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1994

Mahler Symphony No 7

In Mozart and above all Wagner, Daniel Barenboim has few peers. The pianist-conductor has come late to recording Mahler symphonies,...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 6/2006

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