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Absorbing reading for anyone able to read Italian and interested in Italian post-war history, both musical and political [CH]

by Christopher Howell

(Déjà Review) The Fine Arts Quartet enters into Wolf’s tormented world with total empathy [CH]

(Déjà Review) There is a sense that the musicians are really listening to one another, obtaining a chamber-music-like delicacy [CH]

One of the great Ninths on record [CH]

(Déjà Review) Definitely worth exploring [CH]

(Déjà Review) Bach performances to cherish [CH]

(Déjà Review) A great evening at the opera, crowned by Grace Bumbry’s great performance of Carmen [CH]

(Déjà Review) These performances will leave you marvelling anew at the music itself [CH]

(Déjà Review) Mravinsky’s Beethoven is revealed to be of considerable importance, and completely idiomatic [CH]

(Déjà Review) This issue will be prized by admirers of the two principals, but there are drawbacks [CH]

(Déjà Review) One of the classic performances of this symphony [CH]

(Déjà Review) Leinsdorf belatedly enters the select list of the greatest Tchaikovsky performances on record [CH]

(Déjà Review) There are plenty of reasons for having this as well as the Callas/De Sabata [CH]

(Déjà Review) It would be difficult to imagine a better duo partnership for this music [CH]

(Déjà Review) One of the essential Beethoven recordings [CH]

(Déjà Review) A disc that should be bought even by those who resist hype on principle [CH]