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Mozart/Brahms Clarinet Quintets

Harold Wright, who died last year, was a long- serving and much respected principal with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1994

Schütz St John Passion

It’s always surprised me that Schütz’s Passions are not more often recorded (there are no more than two each of...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 2/2004

Delius Hassan

When this reissue arrived I anticipated a great deal of pleasure. It was a long time ago that I saw...

Reviewed in issue 11/1987

Von Einem Der Prozess

What a cast for the first night of a new opera! Austria’s leading dramatic tenor in the title-role, della Casa...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1996

Pfitzner conducts Schumann

The Second Symphony is a performance from another age. Many discerning writers have spoken of Pfitzner's music-making with some awe...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1992

Mozart: Piano Sonatas

Alicia de Larrocha's recorded forays into Mozart have been rare but invariably distinguished. None is at present represented in The...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 2/1991

Handel Semele

Does this new DG issue of Handel's dramatic oratorio, or English opera, bring the first sign of a backlash, I...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1993

Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

Reacquaintance with the liberating Jansons Little Russian (coupled with the Capriccio italien) always has me marvelling at the vision and...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/1995

Marilyn Horne sings Rossini

Marilyn Horne is the queen of Rossini singers. No artist has done more over the past 30 years to help...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/1992

Bruch Works for Violin & Orchestra

For anyone who already has a recording of the unavoidable Bruch G minor Concerto, Perlman's coupling of his two 'next-best'...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1988

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