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Review of Vivaldi Chamber Concertos

Vivaldi Chamber Concertos

Vivaldi's chamber concertos have been well served by record companies in recent times and none of the works on this...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1992

Review of Schubert (12) Piano Sonatas

Schubert (12) Piano Sonatas

Here we have exactly what it says on the tin – or, in this case, the ugly multi-tray plastic case...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2006

Review of Variations on 'America'

Variations on 'America'

The re-launch of Argo under the auspices of Decca is very welcome. Organ records were very much part of the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1990

Review of Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge

Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge

Wenlock Edge is experiencing a degree of congestion unique, I should think, in its history. A short while ago Andrew...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/2008

Review of Eisler Songs & Cantatas in Exile

Eisler Songs & Cantatas in Exile

Hanns Eisler was a remarkable composer of Lieder, at times a great one, and this pair of CDs offers an...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1997

Review of Monteverdi Selva morale e spirituale

Monteverdi Selva morale e spirituale

Monteverdi’s last publication has always been something of a stepchild in his output‚ perhaps partly because of its sheer size...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 13/2001

Review of Pendericki St Luke Passion; Magnificat

Pendericki St Luke Passion; Magnificat

The attention given recently to Arvo Part's austere St John Passion (2/89) serves to underline the shift of interest away...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 3/1989

Review of Dvorák Serenades, Opp 22 and 44

Dvorák Serenades, Opp 22 and 44

It is easy to love Marriner's smiling account of Dvorak's String Serenade on Philips, characteristic of the easy warmth of...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1986

Review of Brahms Clarinet Sonatas

Brahms Clarinet Sonatas

The two clarinet sonatas proved to be Brahms's last instrumental music. Written in the summer of 1894, he dedicated them...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 9/1989

Review of MacMillan Veni, Veni Emmanuel & Other Percussion Works

MacMillan Veni, Veni Emmanuel & Other Percussion Works

Twice over at the Proms James Macmillan has had wild successes with long and demanding works, first in 1990 with...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/1993


 

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