Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Schorr has always been one of the foremost singers in my own personal pantheon, and hearing this record through from...
Reviewed in issue 9/1991
The great bonus with the Beaux Arts is their inclusion of the A major posthumous Trio, discovered in 1924 in...
Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 1/1988
Here is treasure indeed to add to our precious storehouse of Popp recordings. Recorded in Munich in 1983, this recital...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 13/1997
Beware of received opinions where legends are concerned. Listening to this two-disc celebration of Dame Joan Sutherland's fabulous career (for...
Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 1/2007
As befits an opera overflowing in every way, with musical gold bursting from each curve and crevice, thanks must first...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 8/2008
Vivaldi has served these artists and Naïve very well in recent years, but this disc is somewhat unexpected. The label’s...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 5/2008
''One of the finest Slovak performing artists'' is how the booklet describes Ida Cernecka, a pupil of Rudolf Macudzinski at...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 2/1990
In the first half-minute or so of the Piano Duet Concerto the soloists intone a quiet oppressive Bartokian theme, rear...
Reviewed in issue 8/1992
On most points I happily refer the reader to DA's review of the original issue but must add further reservations...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 2/1986
The Dutch harpsichordist Bob van Asperen, following in the steps of Gustav Leonhardt, his one-time teacher, takes the listener on...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1991
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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