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Prokofiev Symphonies Nos 5 and 7

Jean Martinon (1910-76), heir apparent to Charles Munch, was not only a successful conductor (except in his native France, other...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2003

Adolph Busch at the 1949 Strasbourg Festival

Now here’s a treasure trove for those with a sweet tooth. Godowsky’s infamous reworkings of Chopin’s Etudes are, of course,...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 3/2001

Shostakovich Sonata No 2 & Preludes and Fugues

Given his mastery of large-scale form in symphonies and quartets, plus his prowess as a pianist, you might expect Shostakovich's...

Reviewed in issue 10/1989

Wagner Götterdämmerung/Tannhaser - Orchestral Excerpts

It seems a curious idea to offer a CD centring on selections from Gotterdammerung where Brunnhilde is consigned to the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1988

Handel Messiah

This digital remastering of Willcocks's 1973 Messiah successfully recaptures the unique King's College acoustic and all that goes with it....

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 4/1993

Horn Concertos

This collection is highly enjoyable and something of a bravura feat. Meir Rimon (who sadly died shortly after completing this...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1992

Ligeti & Nørgård Violin Concertos

There’s little doubt that Ligeti’s Violin Concerto has become one of the select repertoire items of the last decade. Christina...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 10/2000

Nyman Suit the Photograph. 3 Quartets. String Quartet No 4.

Those who admired Nyman’s first three string quartets (Argo, 8/91), will find much to enjoy in this, his Fourth. In...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 8/1998

Corselli Orchestral and Vocal Works

Poulenc regarded Gustave Charpentier’s opera Louise as a success, as opposed to the ‘lamentable failure’ of Dukas’s Ariane et Barbe-Bleue....

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 5/2003

Brixi Judas Iscariot

Here is a release both rare and curious. Frantisek Xaver Brixi was baptized in Prague in 1732 and died there...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1997

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