Janácek Symphonic works

Czech Philharmonic Orchestra | Václav Neumann

Both the existing CDs of the coupling are outstanding, the Mackerras (Decca) having the edge over Rattle (EMI) in weight...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1985

The Eileen Joyce Album

(Anonymous) Orchestra | Clarence Raybould | Eileen Joyce

Eileen Joyce was born to impoverished parents scratching not quite a living out of the Australian desert; the story used...

Reviewed in issue 11/1987

Horowitz The HMV Recordings, 1930-51

Albert Coates | London Symphony Orchestra | Vladimir Horowitz

Almost without exception these performances are free from any excess and in many cases Horowitz sounds a great deal more...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 3/1990

Russian Masters

Anna Fedorova | Jamal Aliyev

Anyone planning an all-Russian cello recital has a wonderfully rich menu to choose from. And with over 80 minutes of...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2017

Rare Piano Encores

Leslie Howard

Lollipops for piano—there is hardly a tune in these 15 that you won't know, even if one or two make...

Reviewed in issue 12/1986

DVOŘÁK Piano Trios Nos 3 & 4

Christian Tetzlaff | Lars Vogt | Tanja Tetzlaff

With some discs, the very first notes tell you to expect something special. Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff sing softly together...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 12/2018

Liszt & Tchaikovsky Symphonic poems

London Symphony Orchestra | Yondani Butt

This is really a record for admirers of Liszt. Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne is virtually never given in...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1987

The Kreisler Collection 1921-25

Carl Lamson | Edwin Schneider | Fritz Kreisler | John McCormack

Fritz Kreisler's art does not travel comfortably into the 1990s, it's far too angst-free for our troubled age, too unequivocally...

Reviewed in issue 9/1993

Eben Faust; (4) Biblical Dances

Halgeir Schiager

As I said when discussing Halgeir Schiager’s splendid recording of the Job cycle (Hyperion, 11/00), there is a risk that...

Reviewed in issue 8/2001

Chopin; Kats-Chernin; Rachmaninov Cello Works

The Ng brothers, twins, were born and brought up in Australia, prior to studying in the UK. David Tong, originally...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 1/2009