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These mono tapes from the Music Preserved collection held at the University of York still fizz with the excitement of that evening 50 years on, the last movement of Mozart's "Jupiter" breathtaking... — The Observer, 19th May 2013 More…

[This version] would have small claims to be authentic...What is authentic is the passion and intensity that Callas brings to would become one of her greatest roles...The supporting cast is... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The music benefits from that all-important sense of live engagement...the only reason I was reminded that these are 'old' recordings was through the quality of the performances: love then or... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2014 More…

These concert recordings from the 1956 Ludwigsburg Festival show a supreme pianistic technician at the peak of his powers. More rewardingly and valuably still, they reveal a quality of the 36-year-old... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

you'd be hard-pressed to find a more unanimous pair of soloists [in the Bach] than the Oistrakhs. The camerawork allows us to see them in action with little distraction, and phrasing, dynamics... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

His mercurial personality was almost invariably at its most beguiling live in concert. One sense an extra degree of imperativeness in gripping performances of Haydn’s symphonies Nos 99 and 101,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Klemperer’s Mozart may sound a bit heavy-handed and brusque…On the other hand, the performances are refreshingly direct, projecting exemplary clarity of texture with the wind instruments rally... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The real draw of this 4-CD set are the Haydn and Mozart discs. Mozart’s Symphony No. 29 is full of charm and, in the finale, dazzling virtuosity, qualities matched by the equally excellent Posthorn... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…