Crecquillon Missa Mort m'a privé

Brabant Ensemble | Stephen Rice

Curiously, the name Thomas Crecquillon is hardly known today. Yet in his own day, in the service of the Emperor...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 10/2006

Walton (The) Quest; (The) Wise Virgins

David Lloyd-Jones | English Northern Philharmonia

Though Walton’s ballet‚ The Quest‚ is at 40 minutes among his longest works‚ it must count as the most neglected...

Reviewed in issue 7/2002

Sibelius Symphonies Nos 1 & 3; Finlandia

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | Sakari Oramo

Despite its number‚ Sibelius’s E minor was his third completed symphonic enterprise. Like Kullervo and the Lemminkäinen cycle that preceded...

Reviewed in issue 7/2002

Sviatoslav Richter plays Beethoven Sonatas, Vol 1

Sviatoslav Richter

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 8/1998

French Orchestral Works

Boston Symphony Orchestra | Seiji Ozawa

The music in this collection has been well chosen. It represents the area of nineteenth-century French music that is richest...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1989

Verdi Falstaff

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Berlin Radio Chorus | Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz | Georg Solti | José Van Dam | Kim Begley | Luca Canonici | Luciana Serra | Mario Luperi | Marjana Lipovsek

Following in the footsteps of Karajan, Solti recorded this set prior to performances at the Salzburg Easter Festival, followed by...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1993

Moody (The) Akáthistos Hymn

Alexander Lingas | Cappella Romana

The Byzantine Akáthistos Hymn probably dates from the early 6th century and comprises 24 stanzas, one for each letter of...

Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 13/2003

Janácek; Respighi; Strauss Violin Sonatas

Frank Almond | William Wolfram

These impressive recitals meet in 1921, the year Janacek completed his Sonata. Almond and Wolfram approach Janacek by way of...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 2/2007

Finnissy 7 Sacred Motets

Judy Martin | Voces Sacrae

Anyone thinking that the sacred choral genre calls for a dilution of Michael Finnissy’s musical focus is in for a...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 9/1999

Puccini Tosca

Carlo Felice Cillario | David Sellar | Dennis Wicks | Edgar Boniface | Eric Garrett | Maria Callas | Renato Cioni | Robert Bowman | Royal Opera House Chorus, Covent Garden | Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden

This is emphatically not the studio recording made later in 1964 but the live performance from Covent Garden, broadcast on...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/2004