Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
The young American violinist, Robert McDuffie has a bold, bright style. His partnership with the SCO and Swensen results in...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 8/1999
The Gloria is an absolutely splendid piece: its initial impact is sustained with electrifying effect throughout the ''Gloria'' proper (not...
Reviewed in issue 6/1987
I found these the most exciting interpretations of Verdi heard in a very long time. Of course, I agree with...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1987
Miklós Dolinszky (Könemann Music, Budapest) doubts if No 11 is by Haydn; Georg Feder (New Grove) thinks it probably is,...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 2/2006
Gluck's Don Juan ballet of 1761 is reckoned just as important in the history of ballet as his Orfeo ed...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 10/1993
Vladimir Jurowski is familiar to UK audiences through his live music-making with the LPO. Now this adaptable maestro is striking...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 7/2006
John Ireland was just 14 when he entered London’s Royal College of Music to study piano with Frederick Cliffe. Two...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/2006
The demand of collectors for organ music and for the infinitely varied sounds of this protean instrument has had a...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1988
Praetorius (c1571-1621) was the first great musical commentator and elaborator of the Lutheran chorale. Prolific he certainly was, with over...
Reviewed by prussell in issue: 3/1996
This latest addition to Chailly’s Amsterdam Bruckner cycle begins, in an interesting and mildly provoking way, with four of Hugo...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 8/1999
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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