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Schnittke Orchestral and Chamber Works

It sounds like a cue for the Dies irae from Verdi's Requiem: instead it heralds a cry of pain from...

Reviewed in issue 4/1994

Haydn Symphonies Nos 12, 50 & 60

The Haydn year in 2009 may have opened the ears of many to some of the hidden gems of the...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 3/2011

Britten Death in Venice

This film was made in 1981, but it hasn’t appeared before on VHS. The intention had been to preserve for...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1996

Elgar Chamber Works

Elgar's late chamber pieces are so often referred to as 'autumnal' (are so often, indeed, described as 'late': there is...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 6/1986

Tavener Choral Works

Ikon of light is John Tavener's most recent large-scale work. It was first performed in July 1984 as part of...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 12/1984

Bach, CPE Flute Concertos

It seems strange that CPE Bach’s five flute concertos are not performed more often. More substantial than Vivaldi’s (if a...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 9/2007

Schubert String Quartets

Schubert's early string quartets are remarkable for their structural refinement and imaginative handling of instrumental resources. In the Quartet in...

Reviewed in issue 6/1993

Sibelius Orchestral Works

Now that Accardo's Philips version is out of the catalogue, there is only one alternative set of all six Humoresques...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1992

Bellini La Sonnambula

The occasion of Dame Joan Sutherland’s seventieth birthday in November 1996 has prompted Decca to reissue these opera sets from...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 5/1997

Musica Mexicana, Volume 7 - Chavez

Those who may have been deterred by some of Chavez’s often astringent and acerbic music now have the opportunity, with...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 5/1996

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