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Leguerney: Mélodies sur des poèmes de la Renaissance

Pierre Bernac, reportedly, described the songs of Jacques Leguerney (b. 1906) as ''melodies de pianiste'', and one can see why:...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/1986

Gershwin Orchestral Works

Interest in authenticity has produced no more startling a discovery than the original jazz-band versions of the Rhapsody in Blue....

Reviewed in issue 9/1988

Mozart Violin Concertos Nos. 4 & 5

Edward Greenfield gave a warm welcome to Anne-Sophie Mutter's LP coupling of the two D major Concertos. They have splendid...

Reviewed in issue 3/1984

Beethoven Overtures

There is one overture here which Daniel Harding seems well equipped to record at this stage in his career. The...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/2000

Brahms Piano Concerto No 1

‘Every recording documents a single moment,’ proclaims the accompanying essay. It is a curious phrase to select from Zimerman’s reflections...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/2006

Bruckner Symphonies

There has never been, and probably never will be, a Bruckner cycle which is consistently satisfying. Each work poses its...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 3/1991

Rachmaninov Works for Piano & Orchestra

Those of us who have not had the good fortune to visit Philharmonic Hall in St Petersburg can now glean,...

Reviewed in issue 11/1993

Hindemith Mathis der Mahler; Nobilissima Visione; Symphonic Metamorphosis

John Neschling will be familiar to most through his many fine recent recordings for BIS. He is also an experienced...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 13/2011

German Baroque Works for Lute & Viola da gamba

Vittorio Ghielmi’s recital of English solo viol music for Winter & Winter (11/04) was a surprise pleasure, a fine example...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2005

Gershwin Orchestral Works

At least Bernstein starts the Rhapsody at Molto moderato, as marked, unlike others here, but once the full orchestra enters...

Reviewed in issue 11/1985

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