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Bach St Matthew Passion

This new recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion has not come entirely as a novelty to me since I was...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1990

Field Nocturnes

There is no abatement in the steady stream of Field Nocturne recordings suggesting that many pianists, whether addicted to old...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/1993

R. Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra

Less passionate than Karajan on DG, less noble than Haitink on Philips. Ozawa yet directs one of the most convincing...

Reviewed in issue 3/1983

Schubert: Music for piano trio

For perpetuation on Cd the Beaux Arts Trio and Philips have significantly chosen not their much admired, scintillating original performances...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 5/1986

Ora divina - (Il) Salotto, Vol 9

The salon is in sentimental mood tonight. Fond farewells, evening stars, blighted flowers and fallen women occupy the divine hour,...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2007

Beethoven Missa Solemnis

It is not often that an artist records a large-scale masterpiece four separate times, but Karajan is something of an...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 10/1986

Ockeghem Choral Works

The Clerks’ Group began with Ockeghem in the mid-1990s and went on to record the whole of his sacred output,...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 5/2007

Korngold The Snowman; Der Ring des Polykrates - Potpourri

In theory Korngold fans should have much to celebrate here as this issue brings with it the first complete recording...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 4/1995

Bach Cantatas, Vol. 3

The Ton Koopman Bach cantata factory seems to be turning out its product at a prodigious rate. Here, already, is...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1996

Berlioz Orchestral Works

Michel Plasson has revived the fortunes of the Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, and under his leadership it has become one of...

Reviewed by mjameson in issue: 2/1992

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