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Carl Orff - Ante-Post

This imaginative, quirky programme brings together selections of Orff’s choral music with, on the one hand, music by composers who...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/1998

Utopia Triumphans

Paul van Nevel describes this disc as a gallery of the Renaissance’s utopian visions, the musical counterparts of the seemingly...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 4/1996

Schubert String Quartet No. 15

A characteristically refined and poised performance by the Alban Berg Quartet, technically impeccable. This great and startlingly innovative work hasn't...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 8/1988

Romantic Trumpet Sonatas

Trumpet virtuosos have that old conundrum to deal with – seemingly unable to discover a core of contemporary repertoire which...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/2011

Schumann Symphonies

A strong coupling, this—even though I did occasionally feel at odds with Antoni Wit's highly original view of the music....

Reviewed in issue 3/1995

Handel Ariodante

It is high time that Ariodante, by common consent among the richest of all Handel's operas, was available on CD....

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 12/1994

Mahler Lieder

The co-operation between these two artists in Wagner (RCA, 8/97 and 10/98) was such a success that I was eagerly...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1999

Shchedrin Cello Concerto & Seagull Suite

Shostakovich chose to work within the Soviet Union establishment’s ‘liberal’ wing. So, too, did Shchedrin. But Shchedrin’s problem is that...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2000

Britten/Honegger Orchestral Works

Nothing special here. There are so many good performances (and one great one—Karajan) of the Honegger symphony in the catalogue,...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 1/1994

Scriabin Symphony 3

Kondrashin gives an enthusiastic and affectionate account of Scriabin's most sumptuous score, backed by orchestral playing of such quality that...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 6/1986

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