Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
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Crusell Clarinet Concertos 1 & 3
As in the so-called Grand Concerto—No. 2 in F minor—which she recorded earlier for Hyperion (A66088, 12/83; CD CDA66088, 8/85)....
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/1986
Mozart Church Sonatas
Quite why performers and record companies insist on treating Mozart's Church (or ''Epistle'') Sonatas as if they were organ concertos...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 3/1993
Microcosm Concerto
This peculiar collection played by Mara Galassi, with occasional support from Giovanni Togni, is subtitled “Harp Music by GF Haendel”,...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 6/2010
Clarinet Celebration
As various recent versions have shown, Weber's Grand duo concertant is open to rather more interpretations than its unusual, highly...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/1991
Cantemir Istanbul - The Book of Science of Music
On tour in Istanbul, Jordi Savall was given a copy of the first modern edition of a music collection assembled...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 7/2010
Philips, P Motets & Madrigals
The English expatriate Peter Philips hasn’t been the subject of many anthologies, though I remember a recording of his sacred...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 4/2009
J.C.F.Haeffner Electra
Perhaps most famous as founder of the great musical traditions of Uppsala University, Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner was a German...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1994
Falla Piano Works
Considering how good a player Falla was—he won a piano competition the day after winning the prize for his opera...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1987
Berlioz Messe solennelle
The reappearance of Berlioz's lost Mass of 1824 is the most exciting musical discovery of modern times. To an incredulous...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/1994
Mozart Symphony No 40; Concerto for 2 Pianos
The IITTI Music Festival is one of those Finnish summer events that sounds so idyllic on a faraway winter’s night....
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 1/2011
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Replay: The Guarneri at the top of their game; François in concert; Demus in Dresden
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
Pro-Ject Stereo Set E CD: Small System, Big Appeal
This compact, all-in-one hi-fi package from Pro-Ject strips away the system-matching fuss,...
Book review - The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival (by Anne Sebba)
‘There is very little comfort here for anyone who regards music as an ennobling or humanising force’
Review - Berliner Philharmoniker and Seiji Ozawa: A Tribute
Andrew Farach-Colton enjoys a sumptuous set of the Japanese conductor’s recordings
Shostakovich at 50: three new box-sets that do the composer justice
Rob Cowan on sets honouring a composer anniversary and a Croatian conductor
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