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Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues

Tatyana Nikolaieva was in at the birth of Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues, and she made them one of the corner-stones...

Reviewed in issue 2/1995

Terzakis Chamber Works

Dimitri Terzakis’s undemonstrative fusion of Greek traditional elements with post-war western techniques gradually takes shape in the works featured here....

Reviewed in issue 12/1998

Delius; Elgar Violin Concertos

Regular readers will know that I’ve often sung the praises of Albert Sammons’ 1929 account of Elgar’s Violin Concerto with...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Bach Cantatas Vol 15

Still relishing the rich fruits of Bach’s prolific first year in Leipzig (1723)‚ Masaaki Sukuki brings us four more fine...

Reviewed in issue 2/2002

Cortot plays Chopin

Nobody but a reviewer, of course, should try to listen to either of these issues straight through: it would be...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 4/1987

Mahler Symphony No 6

This is the first CD version of Mahler's Sixth Symphony. It makes a big, robust sound, less refined than the...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/1985

Schubert: Trios and Notturno

This is a spacious view of Schubert's music for piano trio. The Fontenay Trio are a gifted ensemble of young...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1989

Beethoven Symphonies Nos 4 and 8

Listening to these bright, effervescent but by no means lightweight performances, the first word that sprang to mind was “sane”....

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 1/2007

Bach Brandenburg Concertos

Sir Adrian Boult's unashamedly old-fashioned, but immensely enjoyable set of Brandenburgs dates from the early 1970s. After the invigoratingly robust...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/2000

Schubert Piano Sonatas

On the face of it‚ Jenö Jandó has taken his time over Schubert. At least‚ his Schubert recordings have been...

Reviewed in issue 4/2002

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