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Shostakovich; Liszt; Prokofiev Piano Concertos No 1

With this scintillating and eagerly awaited recording, 19-year-old Lise de la Salle makes her concerto debut on disc. Once again...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/2008

Paminger Complete Sacred Choral Works

Well, it’s more like 70 minutes, but in general terms Andy Warhol’s dictum holds true here: no disrespect intended to...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 3/2011

Beethoven Works for Flute

Auvidis Valois and the artists have scraped the bottom of the Beethoven barrel here, and it is not easy to...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1993

Boult conducts Vaughan Williams, Hadley, Bax and Berg

These characteristically unforced, humane and, above all, honest readings of the Tallis Fantasia and Sixth Symphony from Boult and the...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/2009

Rameau Castor et Pollux

William Christie’s recording of this opera was of Rameau’s original version, which in 1737 met with a somewhat muted reception...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1998

Kern Show Boat

There are several good reasons for welcoming this celebrated recording to the Great Recordings of the Century, the first recipient...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 13/2006

Victoria de los Angeles: Baroque & Religious Arias

The first reaction is that blissful one which accompanies the recognition of some long-forgotten recording by a favourite singer who...

Reviewed in issue 9/1996

M-A. Charpentier choral works

This is a digital remastering of part of a two-record album which was released during the early 1970s. This set...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1987

Scarlatti, D Sonatas

I swear that when I expressed a hope for some Scarlatti from Alexandre Tharaud at the end of my recent...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/2011

Handel; Haydn; Purcell To Saint Cecilia

Marc Minkowski collects together music associated with St Cecilia by three of the 2009 anniversary composers, even though the connection...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 3/2010

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