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Noel Coward Album

Every month seems to bring another significant CD from Bostridge. This one takes him into new territory – the songs...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/2002

Berg Orchestral & Chamber Works

This is an extraordinary issue of more than mere documentary interest. Older readers may remember hearing during the war Louis...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 6/1991

Bruckner Symphony No 7

Since there are no recommendable budget, let alone super-budget recordings of Bruckner’s Seventh Symphony (the two listed above are both...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/1999

Conti Cantate con istromenti, Nos 1 - 4

A ubiquitous Viennese figure in the early 1700s, Francesco Conti was one of several gifted Italian Baroque composers who settled...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 2/2003

Rachmaninov/Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos

Charles Dutoit conducts the famous version of the Tchaikovsky B flat minor Concerto for Argerich on DG, but he has...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 1/1988

Strauss, R - Operatic Scenes

This disc opens in a spectacular fashion. Elektra’s great cry “Sei verflucht!” comes out of nowhere, followed by an almighty...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 9/2010

Wagner Arias

Here are nuggets of Dame Gwyneth in her most notable Wagner roles, for which her followers and friends will be...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1992

Schubert Piano Works

Once again, it is Andreas Staier’s imagination and insight as a musician, rather than Staier-as-fortepianist, which comes to the fore...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 7/1996

Albéniz Pepita Jiménez

Chequered histories are by no means uncommon in the world of opera, but the vicissitudes of Pepita Jimenez – the...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 2/1996

Beethoven Symphony No. 9

This performance has become a legendary one, as much for the occasion of its happening as for the music-making itself....

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/1985

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