C.P.E.Bach Cello Concertos

Bournemouth Sinfonietta | Richard Studt | Tim Hugh

Which of the three alternative versions of these concertos was the chicken and which were the eggs remains uncertain, though...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 8/1996

Rachmaninov Piano Transcriptions

Bradle Michel | Janice Weber

In this potentially intriguing programme Janice Weber effortlessly juxtaposes novelty and convention. Familiar Kreisler-Rachmaninov, Mendelssohn-Rachmaninov et al rub shoulders with...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/1993

Kreisler - The Berlin HMV Recordings (1926-7)

Arpad Sándor | Berlin State Opera Orchestra | Fritz Kreisler | Hugo Kreisler | Michael Raucheisen

None of these concerto performances is otherwise available at present, which is something of a surprise since there have been...

Reviewed in issue 9/1992

Souvenirs de Venise

Ann Murray | Anthony Rolfe Johnson | Brian Brooks | Felicity Lott | Graham Johnson | Hugo d' Alton | Justin Pearson | Richard Jackson

The Songmakers afloat in their gondola bob up and down in triple or compound time and one wonders whether the...

Reviewed in issue 7/1984

Claudio Arrau

Solomon | Claudio Arrau | George Hurst | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Sviatoslav Richter

Here on two DVDs, together lasting more than four hours, EMl mine the archives to give us one incomparable series...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/2003

Mendelssohn Symphony No 3; String Sym No 11

By all accounts – including those of the hostile Richard Wagner – Mendelssohn favoured urgent tempi when conducting his own...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 6/2010

Encore - Cristina Ortiz

Cristina Ortiz

Cristina Ortiz is beautifully recorded in London's Henry Wood Hall; although on big speakers the bass may want balancing back...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 1/1992

(The) Grand Organ of St Paul's Cathedral

Simon Johnson

As organ DVDs go, this is one of the best, since it appeals to both lovers of fine organ music,...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 12/2010

Lieder with Guitar Accompaniment

Ian Partridge | Jacob Lindberg | Konrad Ragossnig | Peter Schreier

Great minds—and tenors—think alike. Schreier and Partridge, singers of roughly the same generation (both are now in their early fifties,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1989

German Lieder sung in English

John J Blakely | Kathleen Livingstone | Neil Mackie

Before during and indeed for a short time after the war it was quite common to hear Lieder sung in...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1990