Mendelssohn Paulus

Three viable recordings here, each with merit enough to justify purchase, and each with a short-coming to raise doubt. All...

Reviewed in issue 1/1989

Dances from Hungary

Danubia Symphony Orchestra | Domonkos Héja

Nowadays there seems to be a very narrow division between ‘young’ and ‘youth’ orchestras, playing standards having rocketed since the...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 5/2004

MOZART Piano Concertos

Finghin Collins | RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

It’s clear that Finghin Collins delights in Mozart and the four concertos here are the fruits of his time as...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2013

Loewe Lieder

Anonymous Pianist(s) | (Anonymous) Orchestra | Arthur Van Eweyk | August Pilz | Beatrice Kernic | Bruno Seidler-Winkler | Carl Rost | Charles Albert Baker | Clemens Schmalstich | Cornelius Bronsgeest

First-rate transfers from excellent copies of valuable rarities in an interesting repertoire. One cannot say fairer than that. Yet there...

Reviewed in issue 6/1997

MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition SCHUMANN Fantasie

A number of highly cultivated pianists have been drawn to Mussorgsky’s Pictures over the past few years, among them Leif...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2015

LOEWE The Other Erlking (Nicholas Mogg)

Jâms Coleman | Nicholas Mogg

This is a fine and enjoyable debut from yet another outstanding young pair of UK song interpreters. Rather than offering...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 01/2022

HAYDN Complete Symphonies, Vol 26 (Klumpp)

Heidelberg Symphony Orchestra | Johannes Klumpp

Pity poor HobI:107, aka Symphony ‘A’. Long thought to be a quartet (Op 1 No 5) rather than a symphony...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 08/2022

BARTÓK Piano Concertos Nos 1-3 (Tzimon Barto)

Berlin German Symphony Orchestra | Christoph Eschenbach | Tzimon Barto

Many recordings of Bartók’s First Piano Concerto understandably spotlight the intricate percussion-writing alongside the solo piano, even though the composer...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2024

Britten Piano Concerto; Violin Concerto

Benjamin Britten | English Chamber Orchestra | Mark Lubotsky | Sviatoslav Richter

This record tempts me to name-dropping reminiscence! I bought the original LP in July 1971 and during the following month...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1989

Britten Midsummer Night's Dream

Alfred Deller | Alicia Slowakiewicz | Arda Mandikian | Barbara Nowicka | Benjamin Britten | Benjamin Luxon | Bryan Drake | David Hemmings | David Kelly | Downside School Boys' Choir

With the exception of Owen Wingrave, Decca have now transferred to CD all their recordings of Britten's stage works, most...

Reviewed in issue 5/1990