Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
Boccherini’s guitar quintets are not showpieces for the instrument; they are all transcriptions, made late in his career for a...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/2004
Luis Gianneo (1897-1968), along with Juan José Castro, was instrumental in forging an authentically Argentinian musical voice combining European influences...
Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 12/2002
The Concise Grove chronicles George Szell’s ability to achieve a “superb ensemble that embodied... strict notions of discipline in producing...
Reviewed in issue 2/1997
Richard Hickox and his City of London Sinfonia give eminently sensible performances of these symphonies and at bargain price the...
Reviewed in issue 4/1987
The discography of this work now runs to four versions, each a more-than-worthy representation of the piece. The latest derives...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1999
There are not many pianists around today as interesting and as musically aware as Andras Schiff, and I was curious...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/1992
Mozart’s 17 church sonatas were composed for liturgical use at Salzburg Cathedral between 1772 and 1780. Mozart would have performed...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 7/2006
''The Lord is the strength of my countenance'': hearing Bairstow's vigorous setting of the line one thinks of the strength...
Reviewed in issue 6/1993
If Pierre Boulez's Mahler series has had its highs and lows, to what extent are these more properly attributable to...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 5/2000
Robert Holl's grave, imposing bass-baritone is most effectively heard here in the more declamatory and dramatic songs, notably Beethoven's Gellert...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 3/2000
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
If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription to Gramophone please click here for further information.