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Mozart Piano Works

''Mozart played on new instruments, and that is the course which we have also chosen'' writes Jos van Immerseel in...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1986

Schubert Symphony No 9

A ''heart-breaking show of spirit in adversity'' is how Tovey describes the solitary oboe at the start of the Symphony's...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 1/1992

Prokofiev & Shostakovich Violin Concertos

Mullova's cool objectivity has been a problem for me in the past and I cannot pretend that there are not...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 6/1989

Bednall Hail, Gladdening Light

David Bednall (b1979) is an accomplished organist – a fact underlined by a fine display of virtuosity in the extended...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 5/2007

At the Beach

There is a good deal that is trivial here, notably the Waldteufel Pluie d'etoiles which goes on for too long,...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1989

Linda Brava

The opening Elgar Salut d'amour is pleasing enough but the following Faure Berceuse is utterly winning, and the famous 'Meditation'...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1999

Stanford Piano Quintet; String Quintet No 1

Boosted by the warm reception afforded to his early sonatas for violin and cello and First Piano Quartet, the 33-year-old...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 2/2006

Vivaldi The Four Seasons

Inexplicably The Four Seasons is at the top of the list of most often recorded pieces of classical music—and this...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

Icelandic Orchestral Works

It is good to have the chance to get acquainted with a cross-section of Icelandic orchestral music, in thoroughly well-prepared...

Reviewed in issue 10/1993

Machaut Remede de Fortune

In his lifetime, Machaut's renown rested as much on his poetry as on his music and he himself, as the...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/1994

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