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Felicity Lott in Recital (DVD)

The presentation of this DVD is misleading and unhelpful. For a start, the title ‘Felicity Lott in recital’ is a...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/2000

Rachmaninov Symphony No 1

The venom with which César Cui reviewed Rachmaninov’s First Symphony at its 1897 premiere has long since been neutralised by...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 5/2010

Lully Divertissements

This is the first commercial recording by a talented group of players who have performed in London on occasion during...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 1/1991

Janácek (The) Cunning Little Vixen

Many, if not most, Janácek devotees will resist the very idea of this DVD version of The Cunning Little Vixen,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/2003

Mozart Violin Concertos Nos 1-5; Sinfonia Concertante

Recent period-instrument performances from Giuliano Carmignola (Archiv, 9/08) and (in Nos 3-5) Andrew Manze (Harmonia Mundi, 5/06) have treated Mozart’s...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 7/2009

Van Beinum conducts Elgar

Anthony Pini was principal cello of Beecham’s London Philharmonic before the war, and I thoroughly enjoyed reacquainting myself with his...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/2006

Ravel; Stravinsky Ballet Piano Transcriptions

This disc is advertised as ‘transcriptions pour piano par les auteurs’. Question: what is the difference between a transcription, an...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 12/2003

Maier, M Atalanta Fugiens

This must be one of the strangest recordings I’ve ever reviewed. Michael Maier (d1622) was one of the most distinguished...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 8/2011

Penderecki Orch Wks/Lutoslawski Dance Preludes

The two largest works included here are transcriptions of other scores: the Sinfonietta No. 2 for clarinet and strings (1994)...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/1999

Schumann Lieder, Vol. 2

This account of the Op. 39 Liederkreis happily awoke me from the somnolent state induced by Holl and Schiff's slow,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1994

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