Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Alarm bells always start to ring when the cover of a performance of solo Bach gives the disc a moniker...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 06/2016
It’s not just the enticing morceaux on offer and the undiluted pleasure of hearing a great violinist at the top...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2016
This is a delightful, well-paced recital of early- and mid-18th-century French music, if not always composed specifically for the recorder...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 06/2016
‘Stockholm Syndrome Ensemble’: what on earth were they thinking? Your first assumption is that it’s some sort of wordplay, but...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 06/2016
Ensemble Nevermind took the title for their debut disc from Louis-Gabriel Guillemain’s 1743 collection of Sonates en quatuors ou conversations...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 06/2016
Reading Tasmin Little’s account of how the programme of this CD came into being, it is interesting to note that...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 06/2016
The Trio Karénine were joint winners (with the Van Baerle Trio) of the 2013 ARD Competition in Munich. They formed...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2016
Steve Reich’s music is often at its most effective when he writes for different combinations of percussion and/or piano, often...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 06/2016
‘Like Grandma’s oatmeal, Reger is good for you in some unspecified way but difficult to digest.’ Phil Salathé’s witty note...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 06/2016
It’s easy to view Komitas’s life and music through the prism of tragedy. The Armenian musician and monk was one...
Reviewed by Hannah Nepil in issue: 06/2016
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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