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Boito Mefistofele

All the currently available recordings of Mefistofele have at least one major flaw. Oliviero de Fabritiis's sensitive account occupies three...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/1994

Shchedrin Cello Sonata; Ancient Melodies of Russian Folk Song

Having set down Shchedrin’s Parabola concertante with the Southbank Sinfonia (9/08), Raphael Wallfisch here teams up with the veteran composer-pianist...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 1/2009

Female Fates and Fortunes

Randi Stene’s engaging recital serves as a showcase for Nordic song as much as for her own attractive and flexible...

Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 10/1998

Stainer (The) Crucifixion

Among the many reforms and amelioration of standards Stainer brought to cathedral music was a recommendation of bigger choirs to...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 2/2010

Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6, 'Requiem for Fanny'; String Quintet No 2

Had I not encountered the blistering recent disc from the Elias Quartet, the Canadian-based Alcan Quartet’s account of Mendelssohn’s final...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2007

Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 1

Yet another Mozart sonata cycle! Katin, we're told, has had the project in mind for some time. These are the...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 7/1989

Virtuoso Arias

This recording was made a couple of years ago in Studio One of Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, the home base of...

Reviewed in issue 12/1986

The Romantic Cello

This cellist, Parisian and in his mid-twenties, is a strong and sensitive performer and his programme is well chosen and...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 4/1996

Foulds, Vol 2

John Foulds’s work divides sharply into two distinct halves. Mostly he is remembered for his light music but latterly his...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/2011

Hummel & Weber Bassoon Concertos

Weber's Bassoon Concerto is often paired on records with Mozart's, to which, declares the bassoonist and scholar William Waterhouse in...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1991

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