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Mozart Don Giovanni

This performance, from La Scala’s 1987 opening production, was almost the first operatic DVD ever to appear – in America...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 10/2004

Britten War Requiem

“It makes criticism impertinent,” thought Peter Shaffer of the War Requiem, and for all Stravinsky’s grousing that any such criticism...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 1/2008

Bruckner Symphony No 8

Bruckner’s mighty Eighth, the ne plus ultra of his achievement as a symphonist, took three years to make and a...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/2009

Beethoven Complete Works for Piano and Cello

Between them, Menahem Pressler and Antonio Meneses offer us a rare listening privilege, with playing that is at once intimate,...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 8/2008

Brahms Lieder

The appearance of Jessye Norman's Brahms Lieder selection on CD amplifies and enriches its already deeply satisfying thematic balance. This...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 5/1986

The Composer Conducts

An attractive-looking idea. In reality, alas, this new British Composers offering serves up, with one or two notable exceptions, a...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/1994

Granados Goyescas

What first catches the eye is the listing of three 'unknown' pieces by Falla, which were not published until 34...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1990

Wagner Tristan und Isolde

These broadcast performances from the Barbican were much admired when the concerts were given in 2002-3. While appreciating that the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/2006

Sigurbjörnsson Skálholt Mass

Iceland is a country of tremendous musical richness, as those who have followed at least in part the posthumous success...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2003

Scriabin: Piano Works

This is a rather variable release. I found myself wondering now many of the pieces played were actually a part...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 4/1989

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