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Leighton - Sacred Choral Music

First – a pleasant surprise almost like news of an unexpected half-holiday at school – here is an addition to...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/2004

Bassoon Concertos

Name five internationally famous bassoonists. Archie Camden, Gwydion Brooke and, er, that’s it. Except I think we shall soon be...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 8/2008

Schubert Die schöne Müllerin

Sylvan has said in his interview on page 11 that he has a long association with this cycle; that is...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1993

Kilar Orchestral Works

The music of Wojciech Kilar‚ 70 in July‚ has been variously described as ‘spuriously kitsch’‚ ‘naively devotional’ or ‘intuitively post­modern’;...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Mozart: Serenades & Divertimenti

There is an unfailingly genial quality to Mozart's serenades and divertimentos, and these ten works make three very agreeable discs:...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1991

Puccini (La) Bohème

“Bohème is a winner: Bohème never fails.” No, and it doesn’t fail now; it doesn’t succeed very brilliantly either. The Covent...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/2010

Brahms: Symphonies

This set includes the first issue of Brahms's Third Symphony and completes Gunter Wand's survey of them all. I find...

Reviewed in issue 2/1987

Mozart Piano Concertos, etc

This is the kind of issue which may not seem immediately attractive to some collectors but will be a must...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1992

Paata Burchuladze sings Russian Songs

As with so much else in Russian music, it was Glinka who set crucial examples to his successors with his...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1989

Albeniz Iberia

Over the years recordings of Albeniz’s Iberia have always tended to rest under the shadow of Alicia de Larrocha. But...

Reviewed in issue 8/2001

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