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Glazunov; Prokofiev Violin Concertos

Like Rob Cowan‚ I was very much taken with Nikolaj Znaider’s début coupling of Nielsen and Bruch (EMI‚ 4/01); this...

Reviewed in issue 6/2002

Granados Danzas españolas

Alicia de Larrocha, that incomparable interpreter of the Spanish repertoire, is revisiting many of her favourite musical haunts on RCA...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/1996

Wagner Parsifal

The discography of this work is now extensive yet each new version adds to our knowledge and presents different aspects...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1994

Britten Choral & Organ Works

This is an enterprising selection of Britten performed by the Choir of St Thomas's in Fifth Avenue, New York City,...

Reviewed in issue 5/1991

Shostakovich Symphony No. 10

I was astonished at the low level of the Teldec recording. In searching for the ideal volume setting I had...

Reviewed in issue 3/1992

Dufay Mass: Ecce ancilla Domini

Dufay's four-voice Ecce ancilla Domini Mass was probably composed in the early 1460s. The three-voice Mass Proper cycle De angelis...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 11/1994

Coronation Music for King James II

The coronation of a Roman Catholic king in Westminster Abbey in 1685 involved recasting the service so as not to...

Reviewed in issue 7/1987

Ferenc Fricsay - A Portrait

Roughly half of this set is strongly recommendable—and even the half that isn't is still well worth hearing. Ferenc Fricsay...

Reviewed in issue 11/1994

Puccini Tosca

In March 2000 Riccardo Muti conducted a staged performance of Tosca for the first time, only the second Puccini opera...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/2003

Jubilee

Listening again to Marriner's beautifully graceful, cantabile account of Apollon, I was reminded more than once of what Stravinsky said...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1985

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