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Review of Sacred Voices - Music of the Renaissance

Sacred Voices - Music of the Renaissance

A splendid recording debut for The New Company, a professional chamber choir of 12, directed by Harry Bicket, which is...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1999

Review of Come un'ombra di luna

Come un'ombra di luna

If it is surprising that a female vocal ensemble specialising in contemporary music did not come about until 1986, there’s...

Reviewed in issue 6/2001

Review of Enescu String Quartets

Enescu String Quartets

A curiosity in Enescu's output is the way that he sometimes bracketed under the same opus number works of the...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1992

Review of (The) Art of Chopin

(The) Art of Chopin

“The Art of Chopin”, a two-disc film made by Gérald Caillat, makes a fascinating contribution to this year’s celebrations. Interspersing...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2010

Review of Sure on this shining night

Sure on this shining night

As a student, Robert White went one day in the late-1950s to sing for Virgil Thomson, in his famous apartment...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 7/1997

Review of Marais Grand Ballet

Marais Grand Ballet

Although it is not stated in the booklet‚ ‘Grand Ballet’ would seem to be from the soundtrack for ‘a film...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

Review of Liszt; Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos No 1

Liszt; Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos No 1

The photogenic 22-year-old German-Japanese pianist has won critical plaudits in these pages and elsewhere for her two earlier discs of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 13/2010

Review of Brahms Works for Cello & Piano

Brahms Works for Cello & Piano

This CD from the Norwegian cellist Truls Mork, winner of the 1983 Cassado Competition in Florence, was singled out for...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 8/1989

Review of Klemperer conducts Rameau/Bach

Klemperer conducts Rameau/Bach

I am delighted that EMI have reissued these recordings of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos and Orchestral Suites, for although the passage...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1992

Review of Buxtehude Organ Works, Vol 5 - Opera Omnia X

Buxtehude Organ Works, Vol 5 - Opera Omnia X

This two-CD release concludes Ton Koopman’s complete survey of Buxtehude’s organ and harpsichord works, spread over five instalments. He plays...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 9/2009


 

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