Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
One good reason to want this disc is the clear, beautifully balanced and vernally fresh playing of the Mozart; another...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 3/1987
If you turned the radio dials and stumbled across Paul Schoenfield’s Four Parables, written in 1983, it would be perfectly...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 12/2007
After its disastrous La Scala première in 1904‚ Madama Butterfly was hastily revised for its triumphant vindication at Brescia only...
Reviewed in issue 8/2002
Listen to how Konwitschny conducts the Overture, the large ensemble in Act 2, and indeed much of the solo work...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1990
Handel wrote his setting of Dryden’s ode Song for St Cecilia’s Day in 1739 to flesh out a revival of...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 2/2009
In the first and last movements of the Sonata No. 6 Peter Donohoe, on HMV, is acutely responsive to the...
Reviewed in issue 6/1983
Nicola Porpora (1686-1768) was the son of a Neapolitan bookseller and became one of the most celebrated Italian opera composers...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 11/2008
Here are compelling accounts of the solo parts of these works accompanied by routine partners and a recorded balance that...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2006
Janine Jansen has a rare ability to communicate her thoughts and feelings about the music while appearing to play in...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 1/2010
Bill Worland’s name was new to me when Marco Polo honoured him with a volume of its British Light Music...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 1/2003
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
This compact, all-in-one hi-fi package from Pro-Ject strips away the system-matching fuss,...
‘There is very little comfort here for anyone who regards music as an ennobling or humanising force’
Andrew Farach-Colton enjoys a sumptuous set of the Japanese conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan on sets honouring a composer anniversary and a Croatian conductor
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