Krommer: Octet-Partitas

Dinner music of the first order (or perhaps the second order, if Mozart opera selections are taken into account). Krommer...

Reviewed in issue 8/1985

Mussorgsky/Prokofiev/Tchaikovsky – Russian Piano Music

As well as the finger virtuosity‚ Ingrid Jacoby has the virtuosity of touch which all the music in this Russian...

Reviewed in issue 12/2001

Schubert Complete Trios

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 4/1994

Hindemith Mathis der Maler

It has become axiomatic to see in Mathis der Maler a parable of the times, with Hindemith using the turbulent...

Reviewed in issue 9/1994

Debussy Piano Works

Subtle and distinctive, this is among the most memorable of recent Debussy recitals. Dame Moura may have lost some of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1994

Mendelssohn Midsummer Nights' Dream

A fine new complete version of A Midsummer Night's Dream incidental music that is a genuine bargain. Andrew Litton not...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1988

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

Torch Orchestral Works

Sydney Torch will be remembered by many for his arrangements of popular classics for BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night is...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 4/1997

Hindemith Orchestral Works

Encouraging as it is to see record companies beginning to take an active interest in Hindemith again, I wish they...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 7/1990

Schumann Lieder

How interesting to compare, in Dichterliebe, Blochwitz with the newly reissued Wunderlich on DG. Although the younger tenor claims to...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1990