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Donizetti (L') Elisir d'amore

The elixir works its magic. The audience, which rather like the show itself takes time to warm up, by the...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 8/2010

Cooke Violin Sonata No 2; Viola Sonata; Cello Sonata No 2

Arnold Cooke, who died last year, has not yet received his due. This enterprising triptych of world premiere recordings courtesy...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 9/2006

(The) A-Z of Mozart Opera

This is one of the most impressive pieces of programming I have experienced in a long time. Not only do...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 12/2007

Holst Orchestral Works

Teldec's welcome British Line series continues with this intelligent, at times mightily impressive account of The Planets. About Tony Faulkner's...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/1994

Mantoue Lamentations of Jeremiah

I remember hearing with wonderment the arching theme of a Lamentations tone, sung by a Yemenite cantor newly arrived in...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 6/2004

Schubert Die Schöne Müllerin

This now becomes the first complete, or almost complete version of the cycle. Its history is curious. Recorded by Victor...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1997

Vaughan Williams Orchestral Works

''So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning.'' Thus concludes the visionary Biblical allegory upon...

Reviewed by mjameson in issue: 7/1992

Musgrave (An) Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Thea Musgrave’s 1981 radio opera, sounds like a 12-tone revival of Bonanza being interpreted...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 7/2011

Haydn (The) Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross

Pleasurable anticipation at a rare chance to hear The Seven Last Words in their original orchestral version curdled to irritation...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 4/2010

Wagner Götterdämmerung

If you’ve been collecting the Adelaide Ring, and finding more positive than negative aspects in the process, this final instalment...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 2/2008

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