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Orff Die Kluge; Der Mond
On the surface it would seem that Die Kluge and Der Mond make ideal bed-fellows—both are allegorical fairy-tale operas using...
Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 3/1991
Skampa Quartet - Live from Wigmore Hall
New series of CDs drawn from BBC Radio broadcasts are coming thick and fast. Following the BBC Legends series and...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1999
Mendelssohn Paulus (St Paul)
The 12th and final volume of Frieder Bernius’s grandly conceived and worthily executed Mendelssohn Edition was the Elijah reviewed last...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 9/2008
Bartók Orchestral Works
Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Neville Marriner
This is very much Academy Bartok—stylish, civilized urbane. Marriner 'hears' everything: we know all about his sensitive, refined ear and...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/1991
Bartók Concerto for Orchestra; Concerto for 2 Pianos & Orchestra
Sakari Oramo’s Bartók is like a completed jigsaw where you know there are joins but can’t actually spot any. There’s...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 6/2005
Wolf Italienisches Liederbuch (excs)
Geoffrey Parsons | Ileana Cotrubas | Thomas Allen
Having listened to eight versions of the Italian Songbook recently in the course of preparing a book about Lieder on...
Reviewed in issue 2/1986
Bach Cantatas for Bass
(La) Chapelle Royale Choir | (La) Chapelle Royale Orchestra | Peter Kooy | Philippe Herreweghe
This new disc from Harmonia Mundi contains three profoundly expressive examples of Bach's craft in the composition of sacred cantatas....
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1992
Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle
This performance of Rossini's Petite messe solennelle was recorded in Amsterdam's Waalse Kerk. As the Sawallisch performance on Eurodisc is...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 10/1986
Bartók Bluebeard's Castle
Elena Zhidkova | London Symphony Orchestra | Valery Gergiev | Willard White
Most recordings of Bluebeard’s Castle have their pivotal moments. With Péter Eötvös (Hänssler), it’s the soul-scarring cry as Bluebeard, masterfully...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2009
DEBUSSY La Mer. Images (Krivine)
Emmanuel Krivine | French National Orchestra
Emmanuel Krivine’s new La mer with the Orchestre National de France focuses on the much-discussed question of Debussy’s decision, on...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 06/2018
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