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Moscheles Piano Concerto No 6; Symphony in C

Ignaz Moscheles had no illusions as to his place in the pantheon. Writing resignedly at the end of a long...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2009

Satie Orchestral Works

Satie’s humour is too deep to be taken frivolously and I’m happy to say that Yutaka Sado approaches this music...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Bach Brandenburg Concertos

I enjoyed these readings of Bach's six Brandenburgs when I first heard them a couple of years ago. Now the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 1/1985

Paul Robson Legacy (The)

As crossover ideas go‚ the idea of Willard White singing songs of Paul Robeson is an excellent one. Both are‚...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Mozart Symphonies

In the Viennese (or Salzburg) classical repertoire I've tended to enjoy Harnoncourt most in music of high specific gravity, usually...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 4/1993

Tchaikovsky/Sibelius Violin Concertos

Compared with many Philadelphia recordings of the late seventies this one is warm and natural, with Perlman not so closely...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1985

Schubert String Quartet, D887

In his last and greatest string quartet Schubert seems to have set out, like Mahler, to contain the world. In...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 10/1989

Busoni Turandot

Just when you've given up hope of hearing a recording of Busoni's opera Turandot on disc what happens—two come along...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 11/1993

Glinka - Chamber Music

The Music in St Petersburg series is turning up some interesting pieces, as well as contributing to the picture of...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/1999

Sibelius Symphonies 4 & 5

Here's a spirited pair of performances from the Iceland SO under its intelligent young Finnish chief. In the first and...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2000

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