Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Ruth Ann Swenson made something of a sensation with her brilliantly sung and vivaciously acted Semele at the last Covent...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 10/1999
Nikolaj Znaider’s high-calibre artistry is tellingly exemplified by the second subject of Mendelssohn’s first movement (3’09” into track 1) where...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2005
How, I wonder, would Gustav Mahler have reacted to the implied attention-deficit at the quiet start of one of his...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2011
This recording was made back in 1982 as the soundtrack for the highly imaginative, riveting film made by Petr Weigl...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1996
Published in 1922 after scooping a Carnegie Trust Award‚ York Bowen’s Second String Quartet proves a most endearing discovery. Brimful...
Reviewed in issue 9/2002
Edith Mathis has had a distinguished career stretching now over more than 20 years as an opera and Lieder interpreter....
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1990
Readers averse to the string quartet medium would do well to familiarize themselves with Shostakovich’s ‘Op 118a’. The parent work,...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 8/2003
Throughout this bumper selection from the Beaux Arts’ vast discography I was reminded of their ability to encompass every aspect...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 2/2004
This is a unique collection of American works involving the clarinet‚ brilliantly performed‚ but sadly‚ it is a disc very...
Reviewed in issue 9/2002
Operetta and film composer of the inter-war years, Robert Stolz has a highly active publicity machine that has proved immensely...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 10/2000
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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