Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
John Holloway won a Gramophone Award in 1991 for his probing performances of Biber’s Mystery Sonatas, and in this new...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 11/2002
John Rutter's insert-note tells of many links between these two composers, not the least impressive being his relatively incidental concluding...
Reviewed in issue 12/1992
Collectors who file alphabetically under composer will probably make for the Bs with this; but it could well be that...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 8/2006
Born in the north of Ireland, Clíona Doris graduated from Queen’s University, Belfast in 1992, continued her studies under Susann...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/2003
This programme of ten Debussy pieces is something of a hotch-potch. I get the feeling that the coming together of...
Reviewed in issue 10/1986
The Danish harpsichordist Lars-Ulrik Mortensen makes his recorded (UK) debut as a soloist in this all-Bach programme, well tailored to...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 1/1989
All the works in this delightful collection of English guitar concertos were inspired by Julian Bream‚ with Craig Ogden proving...
Reviewed in issue 4/2002
Ensemble 415 make a sparkling debut in these pages with a selection of baroque and pre-classical works by the Sammartinis...
Reviewed in issue 4/1987
How sensible of Archiv to reissue this fine recording in a two-CD set. Zelenka was a Bohemian contemporary of Bach,...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 1/1989
Francesc Valls (1671‑1747) was choirmaster at the cathedral in his native Barcelona for much of his career. Joan Grimalt, the...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 8/2007
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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