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Mozart Symphonies Nos 38 & 39

The talented members of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe may still be young, but under their regular conductor, Alexander Schneider,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1987

Boulez; Webern Chamber Works

The significance of this recording may not be immediately obvious‚ yet it is a must­have for anyone with an interest...

Reviewed in issue 4/2002

Handel at the Opera

Handel's music is never more winsome than when it is written for special occasions, not least operas. Several of the...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 6/2000

R. Strauss: Opera Arias & Duets

Perhaps this record ought to have been titled as ''Lucia Popp's Greatest Hits'', except that the Capriccio Countess is not...

Reviewed in issue 1/1989

Handel Opera Arias & Overtures 2

In the absence of complete operas from Hyperion to fill the gaps in the Handel canon - Arminio, Deidamia, Lotario,...

Reviewed by hcanning in issue: 6/2000

Handel Cantatas for Cardinal Ottoboni

It was once believed that the Venetian-born Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni was Handel’s principal patron during the composer’s exciting youthful years...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 6/2008

Purcell Complete Anthems & Services, Vol.2

The second instalment in Robert King's complete Purcell church music project offers four rarely heard string-accompanied verse anthems setting psalm...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 11/1992

Unknokn Public 01-04

These tracks are culled from the days when this magazine-CD still came in a cardboard box along with a leaflet...

Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 12/2004

Holst Planets

This outstanding new realization of Holst's galaxy from Denon, is marvellously played and recorded in demonstration sound at Walthamstow Assembly...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/1993

Concierto Latinoamericano

This excellent young Paraguayan guitarist kicks off her realistically engineered recital with tangy waltzes by Venezuelan Antonio Lauro (1917-86). Delights...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 6/1998

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