Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
What a delightful recital this is. Charming music played with precision, sensitivity and a touch of aplomb, showing off a...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 1/2012
As Vol. 21 of their Complete Mozart Edition Philips describe the contents of this two-disc set as ''Organ Sonatas and...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 12/1991
As a rule when I listen to new Bartók quartet CDs I pass on the option of following the music...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 7/2007
‘They generally lack emotional substance’ is Ewan West’s verdict (New Grove, 2nd Edition) on the piano compositions of Joseph Wölfl...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 3/2004
Without in any way wishing to belittle his much-vaunted devotion to the Church and its music, I have to confess...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 1/2001
Here is an artist. Indeed, the pianist is another, but, with whatever rough justice, interest focuses first upon the singer....
Reviewed in issue 11/1991
The very agreeable ambience of this recording makes for pleasant, undemanding listening. The highlight is the ''Dance of the hours''...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1985
Glinka left disappointingly little purely orchestral music, and almost everything performable is here. To these captivating pieces, which should be...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/2000
This is the fourth volume of Charpentier sacred music to have come from Le Concert Spirituel, and appears after a...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 8/2000
A solidly played, warm-toned account of the Fifth Symphony will probably excite someone unfamiliar with the music but it can...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 1/1990
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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