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Haydn Orlando Paladino

Nikolaus Harnoncourt boldly proclaims that Orlando Paladino “is one of the best works in 18th-century music theatre”. Written to commemorate...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 10/2006

Vieru Orchestral Works

The Romanian composer Anatol Vieru was born in 1926. His teachers included Constantinescu in Bucharest and Khachaturian in Moscow. He...

Reviewed in issue 4/1995

Lotte Lehmann - Lieder Recordings, Vol 3

This fifth and final release of Cortot’s 78rpm Chopin recordings is surely the jewel in the crown. Here, the 1929...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2007

Mozart Early Symphonies

Mackerras and the Prague Chamber Orchestra, having had great success with their Telarc recordings of the later symphonies, are equally...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1990

Boismortier Bassoon Sonatas

Kim Walker is a superb modern bassoonist whose gifts could be even better served by more recent repertory. Boismortier's rococo...

Reviewed in issue 5/1988

Sibelius Piano Music, Volume 2

The bulk of Sibelius’s piano output, like his works for violin or cello with piano, consists of charming (or not...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 1/2001

Schubert Piano Sonata No 21

With ‘The Late Schubert’ Russian pianist Oleg Marshev makes a notable departure from his previous recorded repertoire. But with the...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2006

Puccini/Bellini Arias

Manon's ''In quelle trine morbide'' opens the recital, and she has no sooner sung the first word than, prepared (momentarily)...

Reviewed in issue 12/1987

Elgar/Walton Violin Sonatas

Choice between this CD transfer of Lorraine McAslan's performance of Elgar's sonata and that of the Nigel Kennedy interpretation on...

Reviewed in issue 5/1989

Alain Piano Works

The death of Jehan Alain at the age of 29, killed in the early days of the Second World War,...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1992

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