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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Monteverdi Tancredi e Clorinda. Ballo delle ingrate
The pairing of Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and the Ballo delle ingrate is a logical one. Both works...
Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 10/1989
McCabe Chamber Works
How good to be able to welcome four more additions to John McCabe’s still-meagre representation on disc. Dating from 1969...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2003
Elgar Orchestral Works
The performance of the main work emanates from a live concert held in the Royal Albert Hall during May 1985,...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 2/1996
Gershwin: Piano and Orchestral works
If it's the Rhapsody in Blue you really want, disappointment awaits you in one form or another with each of...
Reviewed in issue 1/1986
Weill (Das) Dreigroschenoper
For more than 30 years the CBS Dreigroschenoper under Wilhelm Bruckner-Ruggeberg, with Lotte Lenya in the role of Jenny, has...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 3/1990
Poulenc Mélodies & Songs
The basis of this compilation is a fine boxed set of five LPs from France issued there in 1979 and...
Reviewed in issue 1/1999
Stokowski conducts Sibelius and Shostakovich
Stokowski's account of the Sibelius Fourth Symphony was the first recording of the piece ever made. It preceded the Beecham...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 6/1992
Bliss Orchestral Works
A welcome and generous CD re-assembly. The colour of Bliss's music gains from the precision and wide dynamic range of...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1987
Harty Orchestral Works
Back in the summer of 1996, Chandos cannily repackaged their enterprising and hugely enjoyable Harty series with Bryden Thomson and...
Reviewed in issue 5/2001
Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition
It might seem a curious decision for Leopold Stokowski to orchestrate Mussorgsky’s Pictures when Ravel’s 1922 version had such flair...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/2004
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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