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Works by Stravinsky

The first big advantage of this new Dutoit version of the complete Firebird is that it provides substantial and very...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1986

Nielsen Orchestral Works

This forms a useful appendix to the cycle of Nielsen symphonies that the Jarvi/Gothenburg partnership have already given us (DG,...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1996

Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals; Ma Mère l'Oye

With total absence of background and a transfer to Compact Disc which keeps the mellowness of the original LP, atmospheric...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1983

Mozart Clarinet Concerto; Flute & Harp Concerto

Emma Johnson was voted Britain's ''Young Musician of the Year'' in 1984, and she is still only 18. Many TV...

Reviewed in issue 6/1985

Schoenberg Orchestral Wks

Why did Schoenberg orchestrate Brahms’s Piano Quartet No 1? Simon Rattle runs with Schoenberg’s idea that Brahms originally miscalculated the...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 10/2011

Popular French Repertoire

This marvellous record distils the quintessence of Beecham's art. If you didn't acquire it in its last incarnation (HMV SXLP30299,...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 1/1986

Walton Symphony No. 1

It is good to have a major work of Walton available on CD. Gibson directs a warm idiomatic performance such...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/1984

Carol Vaness sings Verdi Arias

Here Carol Vaness presents her visiting card as a Verdian. In doing so she follows her fellow-Americans, Millo and Dunn....

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1988

Messian La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ

Messiaen’s La transfiguration (1965-9) marked a return to large-scale composition after the more concentrated scores of his middle years. It...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 11/1999

Dowland: Lute Works

The monumental L'Oiseau-Lyre recording (nla) of Dowland's entire lute oeuvre—about 100 pieces—was divided amongst five players, none of them O'Dette,...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 11/1988

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