Bartók: Piano Works

Robert Hagopian

However skilled he may be, however adaptable to circumstances, the pianist remains to a greater extent than most recording artists...

Reviewed in issue 11/1989

Mendelssohn: Works for String Quartet

Artis Qt

The new Accord set conveys a somewhat mixed impression. Everywhere the playing is of a very high standard, technically, and...

Reviewed in issue 5/1990

Leoncavallo I Medici

Wagner was lightly mocked for believing that his Ring operas were settings of “popular” material. But his tales of Siegfried...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 7/2010

Rachmaninov Complete Piano Concertos; Paganini Rhapsody

Aarhus Symphony Orchestra | James Loughran | Oleg Marshev

Oleg Marshev, born in Baku and Russian-trained, has already displayed his virtuoso prowess in a series of adventurous discs for...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/2003

Horowitz at the Met

Vladimir Horowitz

The exceptional dynamic extremes of Horowitz's playing make him a good test of CD. There is here not the slightest...

Reviewed in issue 6/1984

Rossini Ivanhoé

Bratislava Chamber Choir | Cosimo D'Amato | Filippo Morace | Inga Balabanova | Italian International Orchestra | Massimiliano Chiarolla | Paolo Arrivabeni | Salvatore Cordella | Simon Edwards | Soon-Won Kang

Ivanhoé had its première at the Théâtre de l’Odéon in Paris in September, 1826. Billed as an opéra, it was...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/2003

Handel Music for Cannons - (3) Chandos Anthems

Graham O'Reilly | Sainte-Cécile Academie | William Byrd Ensemble

“Music for Cannons, Vol. 1” says this disc, which offers what are probably the three earliest of the Chandos Anthems...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 10/1998

Gluck Orphée et Eurydice

Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus | Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra | Christopher Maltman | Damian Whiteley | Giampaolo Bisanti | Judith Van Wanroij

There are several DVDs of Gluck’s most famous opera, most of them in Italian and with mezzo-sopranos in the title-role,...

Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 3/2010

Rational Option Insanity

Alan Smale | Concorde | David James | Jane O'Leary | Lesley Bishop | Madeleine Staunton | Paul Roe | Prionnsías O'Duinn | Ruby Ashley | Tom Kerstens

The profile of Irish contemporary music has been raised considerably in recent years, with Black Box making a valuable contribution....

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 2/2000

The Barton Workshop plays John Cage

(The) Barton Workshop

A bumper load of Cage on three 70-minute CDs from the enterprising Etcetera label. The Barton Workshop, founded in 1989...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 12/1993