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Taneyev Symphonies Nos 1 & 3

There are plenty of pre-Soviet Russian symphonies awaiting disinterment, but none by a more major historical figure than these two....

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 6/2007

Rachmaninov All-Night Vigil

With four recently issued or reissued discs of Rachmaninov's Vespers—by Sveshnikov, Polianski (both Le Chant du Monde/Harmonia Mundi), Robev (Sound...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1989

Josquin Desprez: Secular music

This record contains all the three-part music now thought to survive from Josquin. There are also two that that influential...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 12/1985

Tallis - Music for the Divine Office, Volume 1

Tallis is one of those composers of whom one never tires: fresh discoveries are made at each new listening. The...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 4/2000

Duparc/Chausson Mélodies

The discerning collector of French melodies will know to avoid most of the recordings made by Gerard Souzay after about...

Reviewed in issue 9/1994

Mahler Symphony No 9. Song Cycles

Unavailable on Compact Disc for more than a decade, Herbert von Karajan’s analogue recording of the Ninth here makes its...

Reviewed in issue 12/1996

Bliss Orchestral Works

In 1971 Sir Arthur Bliss celebrated his eightieth birthday, and as a tribute to the man who had been their...

Reviewed in issue 9/1992

Lully Proserpine

The fast trickle of new Lully opera recordings continues to run its course providing Baroque music lovers with some of...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2008

Works for Wind Orchestra

This is in fact one of three discs from Caprice showing off the impressive artistry of the Stockholm Symphonic Wind...

Reviewed in issue 3/1993

Wagner Tristan und Isolde

Take the first four tracks of the second CD, the start of the Second Act, and you'll hear some of...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1992

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