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Brian Symphony No 1

There is a super photograph on the back of Testament’s booklet showing Boult rehearsing the Gothic in the Royal Albert...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 4/2010

Mahler Kindertotenlieder; Symphony No 4

Even after 50 years, the archives continue to uncover ‘new’ recordings by the legendary Kathleen Ferrier. The two performances on...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/2003

Eötvös Drei Schwestern

'After Chekhov' declares the title-page of this opera by Peter Eotvos: and although the text remains in Russian the theatrical...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/2000

Bartók Orchestral Works

An enticing package: the young Bartok, not yet 30, pre and post Bluebeard. Indeed, the first of his Four Pieces,...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 9/1990

Massenet Chérubin

After a decade of comparative inactivity the Massenet revival on disc is gathering pace again. Following October's live recording of...

Reviewed in issue 12/1992

Organ works by Hindemith, Distler and Kropfreiter

Hindemith's organ sonatas must be among the most successful realizations of the Gebrauchsmusik ideal. Technically they are not beyond reach...

Reviewed in issue 12/1986

Schubert Three Violin Sonatas

These are really impressive performances. Angele Dubeau and Anton Kuerti are at one in maintaining the intimate tone of Schubert’s...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/1997

Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3

The conventional mingles with the unconventional. Christian Gansch represents the conventional. He is a well schooled conductor and helpful partner...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 5/2007

Codex Faenza

The Codex Faenza is one of the few remaining sources for instrumental music at the turn of the fifteenth century....

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 13/1998

Beethoven Egmont

When my son asks me, as I fear one day he will, “Daddy, did they have proper conductors when you...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1996

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