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Mahler Complete Symphonies

The current pre-eminence of Gustav Mahler in the concert-hall and on disc is not something that could have been anticipated...

Reviewed in issue 12/1995

Locatelli (L') Arte del Violino Op 3

Giuliano Carmignola has proved himself to be the smoothest technician among current period violinists, so it seems natural that he...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 6/2003

Martinu Spalicek, etc

Although the orchestral suites have been recorded before, once on LP in the 1970s and more recently by Sir Charles...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 4/1993

Schubert Schwanengesang

Appreciating that readers look to reviews for answers rather than supplementary questions, one is reluctant to open on a note...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/2011

Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 11-13

Writing of these three concertos in 1782, Mozart made an impressive claim: “They strike a happy medium, neither unnecessarily complex...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/1998

Organists of the Sun King

You won't get much nearer the heart of early French organ music than this. Though some of the pieces and,...

Reviewed in issue 5/1984

Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

By happy coincidence, these two new versions of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto appear with the same couplings. But where the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/2007

French Opera Arias

''O merveille!'' as Faust exclaims at the vision of Marguerite. The beauty overwhelms him but, if you remember, it's an...

Reviewed in issue 2/1990

Arnold String Quartets

It is strange when Arnold has been such a prolific and imaginative symphonist, and when he has also written many...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1992

Beethoven Symphony No.9

With any good Ninth the prospect of an imminent onslaught should posit itself right from the opening bars, and Järvi’s...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 5/2010

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