Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
It was a pity to call the record ''John Scott Plays Liszt At St Paul's Cathedral''. He most certainly does...
Reviewed in issue 11/1986
Complete sets of Il barbiere di Siviglia have been recorded for local consumption in Russia, France and Germany, but there...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/1995
If for nothing else, this reissue is of inestimable value for bringing into the CD catalogue one of the most,...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1993
From the first phrases of the orchestral exposition to the first movement of Mozart's Two Piano Concerto, it is clear...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1990
These 1970 performances are today in competition with many fine subsequent accounts of Mozart concertos, if not in this particular...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1986
Most of the works on this CD date from 1987-97. During that decade Ferneyhough concentrated on a series of works...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 8/2009
The coupling, apt in one way, could be misleading in another. The sequence of opus numbers (85 and 86) would...
Reviewed in issue 11/1994
It is sad that this touching tribute to Leon Goossens, a superstar among oboists long before the term was invented,...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2000
It all rather depends on your pocket. If you want medium-price, medium quality versions of three of Berlioz's major works—Romeo...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1993
A product of Oxbridge and London’s Guildhall School of Music (and a former member of King’s College Choir), Marcus Creed...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2009
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
This compact, all-in-one hi-fi package from Pro-Ject strips away the system-matching fuss,...
‘There is very little comfort here for anyone who regards music as an ennobling or humanising force’
Andrew Farach-Colton enjoys a sumptuous set of the Japanese conductor’s recordings
Rob Cowan on sets honouring a composer anniversary and a Croatian conductor
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