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Elgar Violin Concerto; Chausson Poème

It is thanks to the enterprise of violinist Philippe Graffin that we now have this premiere recording of the Elgar...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/2006

Gershwin Porgy and Bess

The Gershwins would doubtless have been flattered that so iconic a figure as Nikolaus Harnoncourt had taken up Porgy and...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 1/2010

Weill Street Scene

When, in 1989, Scottish Opera and English National Opera shared a production of Kurt Weill's Street Scene, two separate complete...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 11/1991

Rossini La Pietra del Paragone

Here is a CD reissue of a little known LP recording (never generally obtainable in the UK) that should gladden...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1992

Schwarzkopf sings Bach & Mozart

In the early and middle years of her career, Schwarzkopf was a Bach singer of brilliance and sensibility. What is...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 6/2000

R. Strauss & Weber Opera Highlights

In his complete recording of Salome for DG, made in Berlin (9/91), Sinopoli has already shown us how warmly sympathetic...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1997

Albéniz Spanish Music for Classical Guitar

In the past we’ve had to make do with only the occasional glimpse of David Russell’s Albéniz on CD. Finally...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 9/2011

Simon Keenlyside - Tales of Opera

Is there anything Simon Keenlyside can’t do? In addition to displaying his dramatic and vocal flair in characters ranging from...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 11/2006

Janet Baker

Courtesy of BBC Legends, the discography of Janet Baker grows ever larger. The most significant addition here is a gloriously...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/2003

Bruckner Symphonies

Several British passengers have jumped on the Gunter Wand bandwagon since it started its British journey some years ago. Now...

Reviewed in issue 6/1985

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