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Berlioz Orchestral Works

The current catalogue includes a number of mid-price accounts of Harold in Italy—Beecham with Primrose (CBS), Bernstein with McInnes (EMI),...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1994

Beethoven Sextet & Septet

No other version of the Sextet is currently listed, so Philips's reissue can be welcomed for that reason, and for...

Reviewed in issue 5/1990

Scarlatti Stabat Mater

Alessandro Scarlatti’s celebrated Stabat mater was commissioned by a confraternity of aristocrats, the Cavalieri della Vergine dei Dolori, for its...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 2/2006

Brahms Violin Concerto; Tragic Overture

Both these reissues, it will be seen, come at bargain price, and neither disc has notes on the music. I...

Reviewed in issue 5/1990

Prokofiev Ballet & Opera Suites

The Jarvi/Prokofiev connection more or less speaks for itself now, and is it my imagination or do the SNO sound...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 9/1989

Stars of English Opera, Volume 1

This is an auspicious beginning to what promises to be an important series from Dutton Laboratories. The discs chosen come...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1996

Buxtehude (The) Complete Organ Works, Vol 3

Unlike the Swiss Metzler instruments Christopher Herrick chose for his landmark Bach series, for his survey of Buxtehude he has...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 5/2011

Danzi Wind Quintets, Op 56; Sextet

Danzi's Wind Quintets, Op. 56, offer a persuasive combination of satisfying craftsmanship and appealing tunefulness that owes much to their...

Reviewed in issue 11/1995

Liszt Années de pèlerinage

Liszt's three volumes of Annees de pelerinage are rarely recorded complete, largely because many pianists remain baffled by the dark-hued...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/1993

Hanson Orchestral Works

It's 1993, and only now can I at last say that I have heard all seven Howard Hanson symphonies—thanks to...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 3/1993

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