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R. Strauss Die schweigsame Frau

This, another of EMI's transfers to CD of their recordings of the rarer Strauss operas, is the only virtually complete...

Reviewed in issue 1/1989

Delden Complete String Quartets

Before the “industrial” minimalism of Louis Andriessen and the serial-tonality of Peter Schat, the previous generation of Dutch composers had...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 4/2007

Bach Cantatas, Vol.38

Here, at last after a considerable gap in time, is Vol. 38 of the Harnoncourt/Leonhardt Bach cantata marathon. There are...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1987

Mahler Symphony No 3

Given the ubiquity of recorded Mahler, I can’t see these live relays making much impact. Which is not to say...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 6/2005

Emil Gilels - BBC Recordings

The Scarlatti sonatas come from the first studio recording Gilels made for the BBC, in 1957. That was also the...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 8/1999

Works for Clarinet & Orchestra

This is not a particularly generous collection: it was originally published in-1983 but never previously issued in the UK. It...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1989

Stravinsky Works for Violin & Piano

Apart from the Duo concertant everything here is an arrangement, and the risk is that if you know the string...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1999

William Kapell Edition

It is a curious and numbing fact that the greatest American pianists have had their careers prematurely curtailed or terminated....

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/1999

Korngold Symphony Op 40; Much Ado About Nothing suite

After putting his Hollywood years behind him, Korngold returned to his native Austria in 1949 in the hope of re‑establishing...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 4/2011

Handel Messiah

Here are two versions of Handel's Messiah far removed from one another in concept and performance style—Nicholas McGegan's account we...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1991

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