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Britten War Requiem

It is hard to realize that Benjamin Britten's authoritative reading on Decca—a set which became a classical best-seller on both...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1983

Brahms/Stenhammer Serenades

It was a lovely idea to pair these two delightful works, though I suspect that most collectors who fancy Brahms's...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 1/2000

Bernstein West Side Story - 50th Anniversary Recording

UCJ makes real capital of the fact that this “50th Anniversary Recording” of perhaps the greatest score ever written for...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 9/2007

Liszt Piano Works, Vol. 5

Volume 5 of Naxos’s survey of Liszt’s piano music offers an introductory selection of his masterly transcriptions of Schubert songs....

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 6/1998

Sciarriino Luci mie traditrici

The death of Berio leaves Salvatore Sciarrino (b1947) the sole representative of the 20th-century Italian avant-garde still active on the...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 4/2004

Angela Gheorghiu Arias

Here is a recital that begins in enchantment and ends in something a little less. That might be taken to...

Reviewed in issue 6/1996

Bloch Schelomo. Migun. Israël.

You would need to be either congenitally insensitive or politically desensitised not to appreciate the symbolic significance of an Israel...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 3/2000

Klami Orchestral Works

Uuno Klami maintains a peripheral foothold in the catalogue, and an even more precarious position in the concert-hall. His Violin...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1994

Haydn Nelsonmesse; Theresienmesse

Two late Haydn Masses on one CD is a tempting proposition. And the performances have many of the virtues familiar...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/1997

Haydn (Die) Schöpfung

In its latest, budget-priced incarnation, Armin Jordan's 1982 Creation is certainly a worthwhile proposition. Its outstanding attractions are the spruce,...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 2/1995

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