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Beethoven Cantatas

The “glorious moment” was that of the Congress of Vienna in 1814, which was also the year when Beethoven’s fortunes...

Reviewed in issue 13/1997

Michael Haydn Chamber Works

Here are spirited performances, cleanly engineered, of four chamber works by Joseph Haydn’s gifted younger brother. The Piccolo Concerto Wien...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/1998

Messe de Mariage

Doulce Memoire’s account of the Funeral Mass for Henry IV of France (assassinated in 1610) is arguably the finest of...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 4/2001

Beethoven Piano Sonatas

''I am not satisfied with my works to date, and from now on I want to take a new path'',...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 6/1992

A Tchaikovsky Spectacular

Andre Previn began his UK recording career by making a series of outstanding recordings for RCA, notably the Vaughan Williams...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1987

Wagner Götterdämmerung

This Bayreuth Tristan (first seen in 1981) is an almost perfect marriage of fairy-tale beauty (legendary Arthurian settings, “period” costumes)...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 11/2007

M. Praetorius: Christmas music

That Praetorius's church music is so little known today is partly because there is so much of it; the Musae...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 12/1986

Pickard String Quartets Nos 2-4

My ‘Take Five’ feature last December speculated in passing on the ‘symphonic’ nature of several major string quartet composers from...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Bridge/Delius Works for Chamber Orchestra

Nicholas Braithwaite has conducted a number of Lyrita recordings of British music to very good effect, and this new issue...

Reviewed in issue 11/1992

Puccini Tosca

Maria Guleghina is perhaps more identified with Tosca than with any other role: she has sung it at virtually every...

Reviewed in issue 6/2001

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