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Review of Hans Hotter sings Schubert and Schumann Lieder

Hans Hotter sings Schubert and Schumann Lieder

Well before Fischer-Dieskau began to explore the more recherche corners of Schubert's song opus, Hotter—as Fischer-Dieskau has often himself stated—had...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1988

Review of Gershwin: Orchestral Works

Gershwin: Orchestral Works

Dutoit's American takes like a native to Paris—as well he might given the Montreal Symphony Orchestra's near-ideal blend of French...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 3/1990

Review of Messiaen 20 Regards sur l'enfant Jésus

Messiaen 20 Regards sur l'enfant Jésus

In the early 1970s, when three versions of the Vingt regards had just appeared, I plumped for the one by...

Reviewed in issue 12/1991

Review of Griffes Orchestral Works

Griffes Orchestral Works

Charles Tomlinson Griffes, who died at 35 in 1920, represents the high point of American post-Romanticism. From his European training...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 4/2004

Review of (La) Rimembranza

(La) Rimembranza

The excellence of research and performance in this enlightening series on the 19th-century musical salon – this is Volume 5...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 7/2003

Review of Vienna State Opera Live Recordings (sampler)

Vienna State Opera Live Recordings (sampler)

The attics are empty, the cellars are bare and the voices of ghosts from the stage of the past will...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Review of Haydn Mass No. 14 and Te Deum

Haydn Mass No. 14 and Te Deum

This is a wonderfully uplifting performance of one of Haydn’s most cheerful Masses. It’s hard to believe that this jovial...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 2/1997

Review of Tchaikovsky 18 Pieces

Tchaikovsky 18 Pieces

Over the years Tchaikovsky’s piano music has been undervalued. Even the G major Sonata has been neglected outside Russia (though...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 1/2010

Review of Crusell: Clarinet Quartets

Crusell: Clarinet Quartets

Thea King's Hyperion recording of all three of Crusell's clarinet quartets, first issued on LP in 1983, was a pioneering...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1989

Review of Haydn: Masses

Haydn: Masses

The earliest of the three works here is the F major Missa brevis which Haydn wrote in about 1749. The...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1987


 

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