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Verdi Otello

One of the century’s legendary achievements on record confirms its reputation on this well-managed reissue. Here Toscanini’s blazing intensity, his...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1992

Honegger: Orchestral Works

Honegger's wartime symphony for strings with trumpet obbligato is the most recorded of his five symphonies, and is one of...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 10/1988

M Haydn Symphonies

The first three movements of Michael Haydn’s A major Symphony (P6) began life as a ballet; while its finale comes...

Reviewed in issue 4/1996

Boccherini Symphonies

Essentially the chamber musician, the master of the refined and the exquisite, Boccherini often seems to be out of his...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 4/1989

Mozart Piano Concertos

This is an attractive addition to Mitsuko Uchida's Mozart concerto series with Jeffrey Tate and the English Chamber Orchestra. The...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 7/1992

Bartók; Dvorák; Wolf String Works

It is odd, or maybe perverse, that record companies with discs of mixed repertory like this so often present the...

Reviewed in issue 6/2001

Leo Nucci sings Bel Canto Arias

In his review in March 1984 of Leo Nucci's previous solo recording for Decca, a recital of Verdi arias, AB...

Reviewed in issue 12/1988

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2; Trois Préludes

The reappearance of Michelangeli's classic account of the Fourth Rachmaninov Concerto and the continuing presence of Richter in the Second...

Reviewed in issue 9/1988

Verdi Simon Boccanegra

This opera has had a strange history. Neglected for some 70 years, it was awoken from its long sleep by...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1990

Bartók Duke Bluebeard's Castle

We are still waiting for an ideal Bluebeard's Castle to appear on CD, but this one has fewer drawbacks than...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 1/1989

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