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Piano Works

Though Bach, Handel and Mozart are not the composers with whom I'd immediately associate Larrocha, this recital is none the...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1987

Haydn Piano Trios, Vol.2

Though they contain some of his subtlest and most intimate music, Haydn's keyboard trios are still conspicuously neglected. And this...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 11/1991

Famous Opera Choruses

This could prove a popular record, and I hope it does for it is a good ambassador and will make...

Reviewed in issue 12/1989

Jérusalem

I am very definitely in two minds about the Alia Vox method. On the one hand, one or two discs...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 4/2009

Russian Orchestral and Ballet Music

I used to say ''no one plays the Gayaneh 'Sabre Dance' like the Russians''. Now I must qualify that and...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/1992

Schumann Piano Works

Two years ago Philips issued a superb 25-CD salute to Alfred Brendel (2/96), one of the most profoundly speculative musicians...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/1998

For Rostropovich

There can be no doubt which is the major work here (I’m tempted to say masterpiece, but the dust –...

Reviewed in issue 6/1996

Works for Viola & Orchestra

These are most attractive performances, but a couple of caveats need mentioning before I go any further. Firstly, an overall...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 11/1993

Schoenberg Gurrelieder

For all the huge expense in mounting Schoenberg’s Gurrelieder (whose personnel requirements almost rival Havergal Brian’s Gothic Symphony) recordings have...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2004

Bach Lute Works, Vol 1

At last, the first volume in Paul O’Dette’s traversal of JS Bach’s so-called works for lute is here. Has it...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2007

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