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Beethoven Piano Sonatas

A gilels record was always a special event. In the first place it was gratifying to have a significant addition...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1985

Wagner Arias & Duets

This is a generous but not particularly essential portion of Flagstad's releases. Her pre-war and wartime Victors have never seemed...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1990

Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor

Anyone who has a copy of the October 1979 issue will find my favourable views on this performance expressed at...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1987

Beethoven; Mozart Violin Sonatas

Exemplary clarity, but the insistent thrust in Mozart’s fast movements is wearing. Rémy Cardinale and Hélène Schmitt exult in precision...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 9/2011

Bellini Norma

Any production of Norma stands or falls on the performance of the title-role. In this attractive but ultimately bizarre and...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 11/2006

Elgar Symphony No 2

Further proof that Sir Edward Downes is an Elgarian to be reckoned with. His Conifer Classics Enigma (1/91), full of...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 6/1994

Caldara Madrigals and Cantatas

Vivaldi's Venetian contemporary, Antonio Caldara, divided his working life between Italy and Austria where for the last 20 years of...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1993

Zelenka: Missa Dei Patris

Zelenka, a Czech, was born in Prague but spent most of his active musical life in Dresden. There he played...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1991

Mahler Symphony No 4

Daniele Gatti made waves with an outstanding, heart-on-sleeve account of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony (Conifer Classics, 5/98), and, even if this...

Reviewed in issue 10/1999

Bach (6) Cello Suites

Angela East’s Bach Cello Suites have been a long time in the pipeline. They were actually recorded in 2001 and...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 3/2010

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