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The Mill on the Floss Original Soundtrack

The wellspring for each of these superb scores is an established literary classic (The Scarlet Tunic is adapted from Thomas...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

Mussorgsky Boris Godunov

In all senses, the hero of this set is Mark Reizen. His recordings cover the years 1929 to 1980, surely...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1999

Mahler Symphony No 4

Some revaluations are in order here so luminously clear is the sound of this digital re-mastering of Abbado's 1978 Vienna...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1984

Mercadante Pelagio

Mercadante’s last-written opera enjoyed a successful premiere at Naples in 1857, but the chances of its remaining in favour at...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 8/2010

Mozart Complete String Quartets

‘Played on a Matched Set of Stradivarius Instruments’, it says on the box, and indeed these performances are a model...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 11/1999

Granados Goyescas

Hisako Hiseki's recording of Granados's bejewelled masterpiece evoking 'Latin passion and knavery' relinquishes biographical details in favour of two understandably...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2000

Handel In Rome

Handel’s Apollo e Dafne is a difficult work to put in context. Completed in Hanover in 1710 but possibly begun...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 4/1996

Vivaldi Recorder Concertos

Vivaldi's concertos for the recorder cannot be counted, except perhaps by fipple flautists, as being among his most absorbing works;...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 8/1989

Verhulst Symphoniy in E; Overtures

Schumann held Jan Verhulst in high regard, devoting several essays and reviews to his music and singling out for praise...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/2004

Smetana String Quartets

It is 10 years since the Skampa Quartet from the Czech Republic appeared at Wigmore Hall to a rapturous reception,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/2003

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