Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
‘I saw the lilacs still in full bloom, the grass still long, and the roses just starting to blossom.’ Tchaikovsky’s...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 12/2018
Theodor Adorno once said that ‘every visit to the cinema leaves me, against all my vigilance, stupider and worse’. Despite...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 12/2018
This disc is designed as a concerto showcase for four of The English Concert’s regular members, and does a very...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 11/2018
Silesian-born Anton Zimmermann (1741 81) spent much of his short life as director of the court orchestra in Pressburg (now...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 12/2018
The premiere recording of the Thirteenth Symphony is a major event for Weinbergians. After this there are only three symphonies...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2018
’Tis the season to roast your Nutcrackers by the fire. A year on from my mammoth survey of available recordings...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 12/2018
Kirill Gerstein was the first to record the Tchaikovsky B flat minor using a new critical edition of the score...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2018
Bold local colours are pretty much a given for Petrushka with this orchestra and this conductor in this location. But...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/2018
It’s been a decade since Marc Albrecht last released a disc of Strauss orchestral music on Pentatone. That was an...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 11/2018
There is enough explosive playing on this disc to trigger a red-level threat warning. Is it riveting? Intermittently, yes. Does...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 11/2018
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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