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Review of The Organ of St Bavo, Haarlem (Nolan)

The Organ of St Bavo, Haarlem (Nolan)

Joseph Nolan

Signum

For his 10th Signum recording, Joseph Nolan travelled to Holland in 2017 to record on the renowned 1738 Christian Müller...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: AW18

Review of Great European Organs No 63

Great European Organs No 63

Nicolas Kynaston

Priory

Readers who have heard the Klais organs in Symphony Hall, Birmingham and St John’s Smith Square, London will know what...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 2/2003

Review of Works for clarinet and orchestra

Works for clarinet and orchestra

Jörg Faerber | Sabine Meyer | Wolfgang Meyer | Württemberg Chamber Orchestra

HMV

This record is really a homage to Heinrich Baermann, the great clarinettist who did more than any of his colleagues...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1985

Review of Schumann Quartet: Intermezzo

Schumann Quartet: Intermezzo

Anna Lucia Richter | Schumann Quartet

Berlin Classics

It has been quite a month for concept albums from string quartets. Having also reviewed the Dudok’s imaginative ‘Solitude’ (see...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2018

Review of Annette Servadei Piano Recital

Annette Servadei Piano Recital

Annette Servadei

Classics

It is seldom that one finds a programme as varied as this, with three composers represented by 22 pieces. A...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 7/1991

Review of Great Cathedral Anthems, Vol. 7

Great Cathedral Anthems, Vol. 7

Alan Thurlow | Chichester Cathedral Choir | James Thomas

Priory

‘Justice for Goss’ used to be a favourite rallying-cry of mine, one that brought few supporters and little encouragement until...

Reviewed in issue 5/1996

Review of Prokofiev/Stravinsky Violin Concertos

Prokofiev/Stravinsky Violin Concertos

Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Daniel Barenboim | Itzhak Perlman | Yo-Yo Ma

Teldec (Warner Classics)

So what’s new? Perlman has recorded all of these works at least once before, and these very recordings of the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/1997

Review of Choral works

Choral works

Andreas Scheibner | Annette Markert | Berlin Singakademie | Berlin Staatskapelle | Carola Nossek | Dietrich Knothe | Ekkehard Wagner | Elisabeth Wilke | Helmut Oertel | Jürgen Freier

Capriccio

One of the oldest musical organizations in Berlin (a city celebrating its 750th anniversary) is the Singakademie, now only four...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1987

Review of Bruch Violin Concertos

Bruch Violin Concertos

Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Joshua Bell | Neville Marriner

Decca

Only 21 this year, Joshua Bell in his first concerto recording gives formidably powerful performances of both the Bruch and...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1988

Review of 'Scotland'

'Scotland'

Simon Crawford-Phillips | Västerås Sinfonietta

DB Productions

The most significant item in this Scottish-themed collection is Helen Grime’s two-movement Elegiac Inflections for double wind quintet, commissioned by...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/2023

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