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French Baroque Flute Music

This attractive release is one of three solo discs promoted recently by Chandos under the umbrella 'emerging talent' (the other...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 2/1994

Sallinen Songs of Life and Death

Listening to these two works by Aulis Sallinen is a bit like looking at two different photographs of the composer:...

Reviewed in issue 12/1995

Brahms Symphonies Nos 1-4; Overtures etc

First, let me dispel any fears that Nikolaus Harnoncourt’s Brahms is quirky, provocative or abrasive. Yes, there are interpretative novelties...

Reviewed in issue 11/1997

Villa-Lobos Complete Bachianas Brasileiras

Villa-Lobos’s nine Bachianas brasileiras, in their various incarnations, are represented fitfully in the catalogue. Claims – as here – of...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2005

Mozart Serenade, K320; Bassoon Concerto,K191

A rich sound here, and probably that has to do with the fact that this recording was made at a...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1994

Verdi Il Trovatore

The reason for welcoming this Trovatore back to the catalogue is the presence of Elena Obraztsova's Azucena. The sheer concentration...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 3/1987

Berlioz Orchestral Works

This is the first new record of Harold to appear for some years. Now that Bernstein's later version with Donald...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1985

Korngold Lieder

Vegetarians beware – the climax of this recital is Korngold’s song, to his own text, in celebration of a rich...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 11/2002

Brahms Sonatas for Violin and Piano

The youthful C minor Scherzo makes a welcome bonus to the common programming of the three sonatas. Amoyal and Chiu’s...

Reviewed in issue 2/2002

Shostakovich Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Shostakovich's operatic masterpiece is notoriously problematic to stage, especially if directors go back to the 1932 score and try to...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 2/2007

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