Medieval Songs and Dances

John Sothcott | St George's Canzona

Inevitably the star of this record is John Sothcott, still perhaps most famous for his glittering performances as a recorded...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 3/1986

Mompou Songs and Dances; Preludes

Alicia de Larrocha

For the benefit of those who may not know the elegantly salon-like series of 13 Songs and dances (plus one...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1994

Grainger Works for Symphonic Wind Ensemble

The booklet cover pictures Grainger in First World War khaki, a soprano saxophone slung around his neck—''musician, second class'' in...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 4/1991

Lehár Suites, Dances and Intermezzi

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | Michail Jurowski

CPO’s remarkable exploration of the byways of Franz Lehár’s output here collects together miscellaneous orchestral pieces from throughout his career....

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Fandango - Spanish Dances for Guitar

Tom Kerstens

Although the development of the guitar in all its phases has been a general European rather than a specifically Spanish...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 7/1992

Karlowicz Symphonic Poems, Vol 2

Antoni Wit | New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

The story is much the same as with the first volume of Naxos’s Karowicz symphonic poems. Although the orchestra is...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 1/2009

20th Century Orchestral & Vocal Works

Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Karita Mattila | Neville Marriner

Recorded in vivid sound, this makes an attractive collection of twentieth-century popular classics, whether or not primarily designed for the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1988

A Tale of Two Cellos

Jiaxin Lloyd Webber

This is expressly a CD for those who enjoy a pair of cellos, beautifully played and blended together in slow...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/2013

Komitas Armenian Songs and Dances

Armand Arapian | Vincent Leterme

Vartabed Komitas is the name taken by the Armenian composer, conductor and collector of liturgical and folk music, Soghomon Soghomonian,...

Reviewed in issue 3/1997

HOLST Symphony. Indra - Symphonic Poem

JoAnn Falletta | Ulster Orchestra

The early orchestral works on this recording – the Winter Idyll (1897), Walt Whitman Overture (1899) and Cotswolds Symphony (1899-1900)...

Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 08/2012