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Shchedrin Little Humpbacked Horse; Chamber Suite

Shchedrin's ballet has been one of his most successful scores, well liked in the Soviet Union by both public and,...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/1989

Verdi Falstaff

I have seldom encountered so wholly satisfactory a traversal of Verdi’s closing masterpiece, one that fulfils all one’s wishes on...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/2005

Toscanini conducts Elgar & Mussorgsky

Toscanini took up Ravel's orchestration of Pictures at an Exhibition very soon after it became generally available, and it remained...

Reviewed in issue 2/1992

Moross Orchestral Works

Hot on the heels of Koch's superb Rozsa concert (9/93) comes this equally successful and very welcome disc of orchestral...

Reviewed by rseeley in issue: 10/1993

Salieri Overtures

This selection of Salieri overtures covers almost the whole of his 30-year operatic career and a range of work from...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 1/1994

Sibelius Theatre Music

A glance at my comparative trio will tell you that we’ve not been short of memorable readings of Pelléas et...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2004

Mahler Das Klagende Lied

This performance is dubbed “world premiere recording” on the grounds that it enshrines all Mahler’s original thoughts on the work....

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 13/1998

Britten String Quartet Works

The Sorrel Quartet go a fair way to convincing me that their performances of Britten’s quartet music are worth hearing...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1996

Mozart Divertimento K563

In Italian it means “amusement”. Apply it to music and “divertimento” could mean light or recreational. For the Hermitage String...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 3/2011

Bach Brandenburg Concertos

When I reviewed the recording of Bach’s four Orchestral Suites by this group (Harmonia Mundi, 8/96), I remarked that performances...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1999

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