Strauss R

(Déjà Review) Real emotional and sonic surge [DH] 

(Déjà Review) A deserved classic [JW]

Once again, Pristine breathes new life into an imperishable classic of the gramophone [RMo]

(Déjà Review) We must be grateful for the opportunity to hear this great soprano [ABo]

A grand, more leisurely and reflective Ein Heldenleben which is wholly successful on its own terms [RMo]

(Déjà Review) I’ll be coming back to this again and again [ST]

(Déjà Review) Varnay and Fischer are superb, alas in compromised sound [DH]

If you like your Richard Strauss vigorous and in full technicolour sound, then you will want to hear this performance [TP]

(Déjà Review) Another hard-to-resist entrant for the Beecham collector [JW]

Klaus Tennstedt in repertoire he did not record commercially, in variable sound [LD]

An excellent film of a good production and performance [RWe]

A compelling lieder recital, cutting edge, joyful and poignant [DHa]

A superb new recording of Strauss’s disturbing masterpiece [SB]

A thoroughly disappointing recording, poorly sung, indifferently conducted and afflicted by problems in the recorded balance [RMo]

A fascinating set of rare live Fischer Dieskau performances and a chance to hear him reminisce [DHa]

by Ralph Moore

On the evidence of flabby playing and murky sound, the conductor should stick to Bruckner [RMo]

A disappointing version of a disappointing work [SB]

(Déjà Review) A marvellously performed release that will surely win these Strauss chamber scores many admirers [MC]

by Len Mullenger

A fascinating and valuable musical-historical document [JQ]

(Déjà Review) A splendid set [JQ]

Compromised accounts do not displace classic versions [RMay]

(Déjà Review) Leinsdorf makes a splendid case for these two rewarding suites [TB]