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Gershwin Piano Concerto, etc

Wayne Marshall makes his first entry in the Piano Concerto and, in the space of a bar or two, I...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 4/1996

Wagner Der Ring des Nibelungen - without words

The title of this CD is ''The Ring Without Words'' and it comprises a series of linked episodes from all...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1988

Chabrier (L') Etoile

Here, as they say, is a turn-up. The piece itself, for a start: a star that appears (also as they...

Reviewed in issue 7/2001

Harris Symphonies Nos 7 & 9

Harris held that music was valuable to society if it was created ‘as an authentic and characteristic culture of and...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

Berlioz Te Deum; Mozart Kyrie, K341

Berlioz is credited with assembling no fewer than 900 performers for the first performance of his Te Deum in Paris...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/2007

Emil Gilels in Concert

This issue fills the last gap in the discography of Schnittke’s symphonies, and I salute the enterprise of all concerned....

Reviewed in issue 8/1996

Mussorgsky Songs, Volume 2

Leiferkus so much enjoys singing. That's evident from first to last on this, the second instalment of his absolutely riveting...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1995

Brahms Choral Songs

Three of these four pieces are rarities in the concert hall (short but fully-scored choral works don't make for easy...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/1984

Beethoven Violin Sonatas 5 & 9

If you would expect performances of Beethoven sonatas to be more than ordinarily good from two such artists as Perlman...

Reviewed in issue 11/1983

Granados Danzas españolas

When reviewing the LP, I said that these authoritative performances were beautifully recorded, and they sound even more so on...

Reviewed in issue 10/1985

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