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Beethoven Fidelio

At last this noble document has appeared on an 'official' label. Whatever your opinion concerning the interpretation of Fidelio, you...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1993

Bartók Orchestral Works

Having been branded a sourpuss by countless musical friends who objected to my lukewarm broadcast assessment of Stephen Kovacevich's 1968-75...

Reviewed in issue 2/1994

Mozart Horn Concertos

This latest recording of the Mozart horn concertos differs from previous ones in its treatment of the incomplete works, the...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/1994

Shostakovich Symphonies

While it is good to see Mravinsky concert relays turning up with increasing frequency on disc, it would be better...

Reviewed in issue 8/1994

Weir On Buying a Horse

This spin-off from the long-running BBC Radio 3 series Voices has a lot going for it, and it would be...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/2007

Mendelssohn String Symphonies

The Concerto Cologne gave delightful performances of three of Mendelssohn’s early string symphonies, Nos. 8-10, on Teldec (12/94); five more...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1996

Karita Mattila Opera Arias

Possibly a Walter Legge might have been able to do something about it. He was said to have given to...

Reviewed in issue 1/1989

The Wise Virgins

These vintage Boult performances are captured in irrepressibly vivid, mono sound from the first half of the 1950s. In point...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/1997

Berlioz Symphonie fantastique

Despite several abortive projects, it was not until Roger Norrington's London performance and new recording of the Symphonie fantastique that...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/1989

Charpentier Te Deum

It is astonishing to hear a modern French group play Charpentier’s most famous work almost conventionally, with only occasional discreet...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 4/2006

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