Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Whether one can hear shades of Schumann’s nervous collapse within his D minor Violin Sonata is very much up for...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2016
Debate often rages here at Gramophone Towers: do piano duets get reviewed in the Instrumental or Chamber sections of the...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2016
Brahms, like Mozart, seems to have been happier with quintets than with quartets. It’s no surprise that chamber groups want...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2016
During the 18th and 19th centuries, it was common practice to make chamber or solo arrangements of orchestral works to...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 01/2016
This invaluable selection revives three of Moszkowski’s works for violin and piano (the composer was a fine violinist as well...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2016
The spirits of both Mendelssohn and Schumann haunt Edouard Lalo’s three piano trios. In the third of them there is...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2016
This new disc of Renaissance Christmas music from vocal ensemble Stile Antico offers a cleverly balanced selection of festive Lutheran...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2015
The Huelgas Ensemble are no strangers to off-the-wall programmes, and this one is certainly eccentric – on paper, at least....
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2015
The Sistine Chapel Choir celebrate their musical heritage through a selection of Renaissance sacred music recorded inside the Sistine Chapel....
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 12/2015
The myths of Ariadne and Orpheus form the inspiration for Ensemble Stravaganza’s first recording of French Baroque music. The leaders,...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 12/2015
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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