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Abrahamsen/Nielsen Orchestral Works

The Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen is now in his mid-40s and is represented in the CD catalogues by a symphony...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1998

Handel Solo Cantatas

Handel is at his most dramatic, his most tragic, in these three remarkable cantatas about women in extremis - one...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 4/2000

Purcell Dido and Aeneas

We already have three versions of Dido and Aeneas on CD, and those in 'authentic' versions by Andrew Parrott (Chandos...

Reviewed in issue 4/1986

Graham Fitkin Works for Pianos

Full marks to the six pianists of Piano Circus for creating a repertoire out of nothing. When the group was...

Reviewed in issue 1/1993

Harvey Wheel of Emptiness etc

Three of the compositions on this disc offer ideal introductions to Jonathan Harvey’s work‚ showing how music centering on a...

Reviewed in issue 10/2001

Handel Keyboard Suites

As this is the first complete recording of these suites on CD, a little background information may not be out...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 2/1990

Mendelssohn String Quartets

The Op. 44 Quartets date from Mendelssohn's all-too-brief maturity, and must surely count among the most attractive in the repertory....

Reviewed in issue 5/1994

Wagner Overtures & Preludes

After his impressive record of mature orchestral Wagner, D'Avalos turns to early melodrama. Wagner wrote Die Feen when he was...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1990

Berwald Orchestral Works

Berwald's is one of those names that lie on the fringes of our musical universe rather than in the centre:...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 6/1994

Tchaikovsky Piano Works

Ayako Uehara is not only the first woman to win the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition but also the first Japanese...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/2004

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