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Schoeck Notturno

Like his slightly younger compatriot Frank Martin, Othmar Schoeck enjoys the allegiance of the few rather than the acclaim of...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 12/1986

Poulenc Piano Works, Vol 2

‘A soupcon of Schubert, a sprinkling of Stravinsky, a generous helping of Chopin, a dash of Schumann, a sprig of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/1999

Franck: Orchestral Works

Precisely what Cesar Franck meant by the lento and allegro moderato that alternate in the first movement of the Symphony...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1991

Brahms (The) Complete Symphonies

Semyon Bychkov has been gathering golden opinions of late, both for the clarity and lucidity of his Strauss conducting and...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/2005

Chopin & Scriabin: Piano Works

Instead of coupling Chopin's B minor Sonata with its predecessor in B flat minor, like the majority of her rivals...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1989

Smetana Má Vlast

Smetacek gets the whole of Ma vlast on to a single CD; Neumann only gets the first four of the...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1986

Ravel Daphnis et Chloé

The first thing to strike one about the new DG version of this ever-magical score is its dynamic range, which...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1985

Dvorák The Jacobin

This was the first (and, so far, only) recording of Dvorak's charming village comedy—for the Jacobin of the title is...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1994

Chávez Symphonies Nos 1-6

The three shorter, titled symphonies, Sinfonia de Antigona (1932-3), Sinfonia india (1935) and Sinfonia romantica (1952), haved fared the best...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 4/2000

Pfitzner Lieder, Vol 2

I had a few quibbles about the early and not quite mature songs that CPO included in Vol. 1 of...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 10/1999

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