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Beethoven Symphony No 9

New agreement, new recording…and a new Beethoven cycle, I wonder? If Franz Welser-Möst’s meaty Choral is the first step along...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2007

Mozart (Die) Entführung aus dem Serail

First shown on British TV a Christmas or two ago, this presents an unusual and interesting approach to opera on...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 4/2004

Verdi Il trovatore - highlights

This is a generous selection (68 minutes) from a sound but hardly inspiring account of an old favourite. With Giulini's...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1984

Mozart Works for Violin and Orchestra

Considering that almost all of Mozart's other orchestral works are available in period-instrument performances, the hugely popular violin concertos have...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 4/1992

Viotti Complete Sonatas for Violin & Piano, Volume 3

Viotti, best known for his violin concertos, wrote a dozen ‘solos’ for violin and continuo in the 1780s, vehicles for...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/1999

Bach Cantatas

This new disc from Joshua Rifkin and his Bach Ensemble is the sixth in a series which has its ups...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1991

Strozzi Arie, lamenti e cantate

This is a generous and rewarding collection of a composer better known, I suspect, for her gender than her music....

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2000

Einaudi (I) Giorni

Here’s a fourth disc of Ludovico Einaudi courtesy of BMG Ricordi. In contrast to the ensemble arrangements of ‘Eden Roc’...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 4/2003

Brahms Serenades

I have been taken to task by two friends who admire Kertesz's recordings of the two Serenades (Decca Weekend), and...

Reviewed in issue 5/1993

Wilde plays Brahms

Some composers’ works (for example Haydn’s, Chopin’s and Liszt’s) sound well when heard in a non-stop 60-70 minute sequence, despite...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2009

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