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Fauré Mélodies

The recital follows Faure's progress as a song-writer from the 16-year-old boy in his school hall ''amid smells...

Reviewed in issue 1/1994

Lamond Orchestral Works

These days, Glasgow-born Frederic Lamond (1868-1948) is most likely to be remembered (if at all) as a concert pianist and,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/2004

Vivaldi Catone in Utica

Vivaldi composed Catone in Utica, to a libretto by Metastasio, for Verona in 1737. It seems, at least according to...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/2002

Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors

It seems astonishing that an opera so universally popular has been so badly served on record. Amahl and the Night...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 3/2009

Haydn in London

Some of Haydn’s most charming and relaxed music is to be found in his piano trios, many of them composed...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 1/2010

Visions from the Book

Sequentia’s all-male ensemble, Sons of Thunder, and their original three-member group have together produced this entertaining programme of biblical lais....

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 10/1996

Schubert Lieder

Souzay, in addition to his sovereign performances of melodies, sang Schubert with almost as much authority, but in this field...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1993

Korngold piano sonatas

Korngold's chronology is all wrong. He was 11 years old when he wrote his First Piano Sonata, the Second dates...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1987

Weiss Lute Concerti

Sylvious Weiss may not be a household name, but as the most prominent lutenist of Bach’s time, his music has...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 13/2004

Bach St John Passion

Bach never entirely settled on a single view of the St John and there are at least four known versions,...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 9/2000

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