Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Rudolf Buchbinder offers Bach-playing of confidence and intelligence, unafraid to ornament and keen to point up the drama of the...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2015
The Chatham Saxophone Quartet has certainly advanced the cause of Irish new music for its medium with this recital which,...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 08/2015
Even more than some years’ instalments, Lugano 2014 is a celebration not just of the inimitable Argentinian but also of...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2015
In bringing together four highly contrasting British composers of the later 20th century, this vibrant recording, with splendid playing by...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 08/2015
Rebecca Clarke, Lili Boulanger and Amy Beach were pioneers at a time when musical careers for women were limited away...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 08/2015
There is so much music from the 19th century that remains forgotten or under-performed. Whenever a relatively unfamiliar name heaves...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2015
Born in Clermont-Ferrand of Anglo-French parentage (his father was a maverick MP who fled England to avoid prosecution, his mother...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 08/2015
Since their Zemlinsky recordings (Naxos, 10/13, 9/14), the Escher Quartet has acquired a new second violinist: Aaron Boyd. With Mendelssohn,...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2015
Economic theory doesn’t inspire great music. However, the title-work of this wonderful collection of chamber music by the Scottish composer...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 08/2015
A perennial ‘dark horse’ among contemporary composers, Aberdeen-born John McLeod goes into his ninth decade with his profile arguably at...
Reviewed by Richard Whitehouse in issue: 08/2015
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
This compact, all-in-one hi-fi package from Pro-Ject strips away the system-matching fuss,...
‘There is very little comfort here for anyone who regards music as an ennobling or humanising force’
Andrew Farach-Colton enjoys a sumptuous set of the Japanese conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan on sets honouring a composer anniversary and a Croatian conductor
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