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Massenet Thais

Dynamic has been building up a very worthwhile catalogue of live opera recordings, including rarities such as Massenet’s Roma. This...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 9/2003

Fauré Orchestral Works

This fascinating disc gathers together for the first time all of Fauré’s concertante works; a record of concertos, if you...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2009

Glass Music-Metal Music

Percussion has been a pervasive and developing presence in Western music throughout the past century: from the pioneering work of...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 13/2002

Wagner (Der) Ring des Nibelungen

Not before time Clemens Krauss’s Ring, which many, including myself, consider to be the most compelling and best-cast cycle, is...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/2004

Walton conducts Walton

EMI follow up their revelatory Elgar Edition with this handsome Walton Edition, bringing together the composer's own EMI recordings not...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1994

Schumann Piano Works

I found this a difficult disc to assess fairly. For while there is much to admire in Gerhard Oppitz's strong,...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/1992

Madetoja The Ostrobothnians

By no stretch of the imagination could Leevi Madetoja (1887–1947) be considered a musical pioneer. Unlike his great contemporary, Aarre...

Reviewed in issue 8/1992

Spoliansky Film Music

Mischa Spoliansky is hardly a household name but this Russian-born composer, domiciled in London, was versatile and highly accomplished, able...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 12/2009

Bach Goldberg Variations

Johann Forkel, Bach’s first biographer, tells us that the Goldberg Variations were written at the request of the keyboard prodigy...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 8/2011

Nono Chamber Works

There is a problem with Luigi Nono: too little of his earlier music is generally available for most of us...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1992

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