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Humperdinck Hänsel und Gretel

Sir Colin Davis has rarely conducted a more glowing opera performance on record than this. It is his inspired direction,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1993

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - 150

Before the Second World War, the Vienna Philharmonic featured prominently in HMV's catalogues; after 1950 it became very much a...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1992

Oboe Concertos, Volume 2

In his dedication on the score of the Symphony No 8, Vaughan Williams aptly referred to Barbirolli as 'Glorious John',...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/2000

Russian Music for String Duo

Perhaps not surprisingly, the arrangements here come off less well than the originals. Oistrakh's version of Prokofiev's Sonata for two...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1989

Farrenc Piano Quintets

The music of Louise Farrenc (1804­75) was‚ I have to confess‚ entirely new to me. In her day a celebrated...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Dove (The) Adventures of Pinocchio

The story of Pinocchio, as told by Carlo Collodi, is best known through the Disney cartoon version, an equivocal movie...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/2009

Escobar Sacred Choral Works

Active in Spain and Portugal during the decades before and after 1500, Escobar is the earliest known Portuguese composer to...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 4/1990

Feldman Orchestral and Chamber Works

Recordings of Morton Feldman continue to appear, with both these discs worth attention from newcomers to his unique idiom. Increasing...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 3/2001

Albeniz Pepita Jiménez

Than this more strange they scarce do come. That homely sentiment, with syntax influenced by the extraordinary English libretto, might...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/2006

Dohnányi Works for Cello

Dohnanyi was a master of musical half-smiles and the quizzical opening to the theme-and- variations finale of his Cello Sonata...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 4/2000

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