Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
In liturgical terms, we have seen Finzi’s music (as represented here by Dies natalis) advance in our times from the...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 8/2008
Frederick Converse (18711940)‚ a pupil of George Chadwick and Joseph Rheinberger‚ was the first American to have an opera produced...
Reviewed in issue 13/2002
Apart from the odd baryton trio, there cannot, one supposes, be many of Haydn’s works which have not yet been...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 2/2001
There have been comparatively few Koussevitzky reissues in the 40-odd years since the conductor retired, but in recent times Pearl...
Reviewed in issue 3/1993
Readers may have been intrigued, as I have, by placards in the London Underground and elsewhere advertising a gallery of...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1998
The sound of the London Chamber Orchestra here is so immediate that one almost smells the rosin from their bows...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1990
The Quartz Saxophone Quartet’s recital is the latest of a series of Black Box releases featuring the instrument. The Quartz’s...
Reviewed in issue 9/1999
The Estonian composer, Veljo Tormis, has long pursued a mission to preserve the musical heritage of the minority groups—the Forgotten...
Reviewed in issue 10/1992
Whether or not the description of these as ‘lute’ works is justified has long been a matter for debate, and...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 11/2000
Maybe it is because I've simply heard too many Rite's lately—having sat through 28 or more for last month's Gramophone...
Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 10/1992
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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