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Platti 6 Sonatas for Cello

The six sonatas on this recording are a real rarity. Platti, whose father played in the orchestra of St Mark’s...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 12/2011

Rachmaninov Orchestral Works

Both these works offer interpreters plenty of scope for dazzling orchestral colour, instrumental display and energizing dynamism. Mackerras isn't among...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 7/1994

Jeffreys Whisper it Easily - Choral Music

Before 1980 George Jeffreys (c 1610-85) was little more than a name in the musical encyclopaedia, though at least the...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2000

Weber Masses

Weber's two mature Masses in E flat and G (there was a so-called Jugendmesse that only turned up in 1925)...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1988

Elgar Overtures

Both these new collections of Elgar's music are presented in brilliant digital recordings, extremely wide ranging with remarkable detail at...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1983

Schipa in Neapolitan Song

Now here, sure enough, is the Schipa magic. He begins with the tune that our music-halls, with a keen ear...

Reviewed in issue 11/1997

Mozart Requiem

With luminous choral sound and weighty orchestral sound, Bohm's 1971 recording comes up with impressive realism on CD with the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1986

Field Nocturnes

I feel obliged to point out, first of all, that these two CDs really do not offer very good value...

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

Vienna Boys' Choir - Silk Road

Almost half a century has passed since the Vienna Boys’ Choir appeared in their previous feature film, Disney’s Almost Angels...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 5/2010

Vivaldi Concertos, Op.10

James Galway's mastery of his chosen instrument is beyond doubt but I am still not sure about his Vivaldi. Here...

Reviewed in issue 4/1985

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