Maderna Satyricon

This pair of works promises a study in musico-dramatic extremes: Satyricon (1971–3), after Petronius, is a comedy, centering on the...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1993

Karaindrou Trojan Women

Best known for her work with the film director Theo Angelopoulos‚ Eleni Karaindrou’s blend of the timeless and atmospheric is...

Reviewed in issue 7/2002

Bach Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2

Once looked at equivocally, Rosalyn Tureck is now largely treated for what she is – a singular musician who never...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 8/2003

Menotti: Chamber and Vocal Works

Menotti writes gratefully for the voice, and Menotti the poet, fluent in two languages, knows how to write singable texts....

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 7/1988

Tosti Ritorna

The ever-more scholarly approach to early recordings and their artists encourages us to think increasingly in terms of complete editions...

Reviewed in issue 4/1999

Wolf Lieder

An incomplete tape of this recital from the 1953 Salzburg Festival first surfaced and was released by EMI in 1969....

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 4/2001

Mahler Symphony No 6

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 10/2003

Britten Piano Concerto Op 13; Ireland Piano Concerto in E flat

How encouraging that John Ireland’s Concerto, premiered at the Proms in 1930, recorded by Eileen Joyce and popular right through...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 9/2007

Bach Flute Sonatas

Choosing what to include on a Bach flute sonatas disc is half the work of making one, as is shown...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 8/2003

Monteverdi Eighth Book of Madrigals, Vol 2

The graphic realism and dramatic subtlety of both these expanded madrigals are given the most incandescent and powerful readings imaginable...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/1998