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Edith Mason Complete Recordings 1924-1928
(Anonymous) Orchestra | Edith Mason | Frank Black | Instrumental Ensemble | Male Trio
Although Edith Mason's career was long and distinguished (she made her debut in Boston in 1912 and appeared at the...
Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 8/1994
HANDEL Acis and Galatea
This delightful disc might have been billed as ‘Mendelssohn the Reviver’, since under the influence of Friedrich Zelter, his composition...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 03/2013
Beecham in Chicago
Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Thomas Beecham
Here is a rare quarry of film footage which can hardly fail to delight anyone who is interested in Beecham,...
Reviewed in issue 5/2001
Popular orchestral works
Enrique Bátiz | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Generally a good record. The recording is clear, a little studioish, but vivid enough. All the music springs readily to...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1987
Karel Ancerl, Volume 1
Karel Ancerl was a fine conductor and an honest musician whose 1950s-60s Supraphon recordings with the Czech Philharmonic include many...
Reviewed in issue 3/1996
Liebeslieder
From time to time it is good to get away from the academic song recital. Olaf Bar offers a collection...
Reviewed in issue 12/1995
Shura Cherkassky - Recital
BBC Symphony Orchestra | Malcolm Sargent | Shura Cherkassky
This year marks the centenary of the birth of Shura Cherkassky (he died in 1995). These two releases are timely...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 8/2009
Paderewski - Earliest Recordings
Among the 41 titles assembled by producer Donald Manildi are eight previously unreleased sides sourced from Paderewski's own test pressings....
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 5/2008
Reinecke Piano Quartets, Opp 34 and 272; PIano Quintet, Op 83
Carl Reinecke is probably best known for the outstanding work he did in Leipzig‚ where he cultivated traditional values for...
Reviewed in issue 7/2002
Sunlight on the Garden
A delightful anthology on gardening, in which (after the opening from Haydn's Serenade) each spoken piece is followed by music...
Reviewed by mpostgate in issue: 12/1992
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