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Tribute to Ellington

Cliff Colnot's smaller than big-band arrangements are mostly fine, although the interpolated introduction to Take The 'A' Train is rather...

Reviewed by rthomas in issue: 12/1999

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto; Violin & Piano Concerto

The Mendelssohn family’s Sunday morning music parties, bringing one marvel after another from the wunderkind Felix, are now legendary. The...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 12/1998

Szymanowski Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2

Naxos offers an exceptionally clear recording of these three concertante works by Szymanowski, not just the two Violin Concertos but...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/2007

Anderson Orchestral Works, Vol 5

On Volume 4 of this Naxos series, only the delightful Summer Skies falls into the familiar format of Anderson orchestral...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 12/2008

Mozart Requiem, K626; Kyrie, K341

It may, I suppose, be a matter of habituation: but I don't find the traditional Sussmayr version of the Mozart...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1987

Mozart Piano Trios Nos 1 & 5; Divertimento

So much of Mozart’s instrumental music is opera by other means. The Florestan understand this as well as any group,...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 6/2007

Cherubini/Verdi Requiems

This is surely among the top ten versions of Verdi’s much-recorded work, if not among the top five. Apart from...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1996

Schubert Complete Lieder, Vol.13

These two new issues in the Hyperion Schubert Edition are linked by the fact that each singer makes guest appearances...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1992

Walton Cello Concerto; Violin Concerto

This welcome new issue in Naxos’s excellent Walton series neatly follows up their recent coupling, closely parallel, of Britten’s Violin...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1999

Respighi La bella dormente nel bosco

Respighi’s La bella dormente nel bosco (“Sleeping Beauty”), a “musical fairy-tale in three acts”, is one of his most unassumingly...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 7/1996

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