Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
This is not the only organ transcription of Pictures. Being originally a keyboard work and with considerable opportunities for musical...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 4/1989
I suppose Richard Strauss's Cello Sonata must have a number of devotees, but I was slightly frustrated to hear such...
Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 12/1993
‘Where has this voice been all my life?’ people will be saying as they come upon it for the first...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/2000
Prize-winning harpist Lavinia Meijer has a fascinating background. Born in Korea, she was adopted by a Dutch family and now...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/2010
A well-chosen trilogy, yet performances are no more than adequate. Cowell’s Symphonic Set has flashes of inspiration to offset passages...
Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 7/1998
This pioneering record, first issued in 1984, champions some of Byrd's most exquisitely formed and passionate works. At the time...
Reviewed in issue 12/1991
Having previously discussed the arguments for and against the rehabilitation of Mahler's moonlit serenade, I shall confine myself to the...
Reviewed in issue 9/1994
The shift towards Tchaikovsky that Andris Nelsons has been making with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra serves to emphasise...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 12/2010
I am reminded by RO's review of the Solisti Veneti performance (Erato/RCA) that Rossini wrote these boyhood works for just...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1989
Riccardo Chailly's recently completed series of Brahms symphonies on Decca is now quickly followed by Ashkenazy's from the same company....
Reviewed in issue 10/1993
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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