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Copland Dance Symphony; Symphony No 1; Short Symphony

There are two attractions here: the only current recording of the Short Symphony and a fine recording of Symphony No...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 12/2008

Rutter Requiem; Sacred Choral Works

Though the Requiem will no doubt be its main selling-point, the disc’s principal recommendation lies in the other works included,...

Reviewed in issue 5/1998

Europa Konzert 2009

The article in the booklet, headed “The Berliners and the Neapolitan”, is mainly about Riccardo Muti. A different article could...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 5/2010

Tchaikovsky Iolanta

Tchaikovsky’s last opera has eluded successful recording, and still does. A Bolshoi version (HMV Melodiya, 8/78 – nla) was notable...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/1997

Hans Knappertsbusch - Vienna Festival 1963

These two DVDs are the stuff of legends. They derive from Austrian TV broadcasts of concerts at the Vienna Festivals...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/2004

American Chamber Works

Few lovers of Vivaldi's music can have overlooked the wealth of available recordings of the six works on this new...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1991

Vienna State Opera Live, Vol. 7

A brief reminder that these are recordings of performances at the Vienna State Opera, made with primitive equipment and under...

Reviewed in issue 2/1995

Haydn (The) Creation

Three years after its recording, the release of the Kubelik Creation is something of a non-event. In terms of resources,...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 5/1988

Karita Mattila - Lauluja merelle

There is a crossover feel to this collection in that it sounds like orchestral arrangements from other genres (musicals, films,...

Reviewed in issue 12/1998

Music from the Time of Vermeer

We cannot blame Metronome for hanging this release’s market­ability on the eminently saleable figure of Jan Vermeer‚ whose paintings have...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001

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