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Review of Liszt Missa solemnis

Liszt Missa solemnis

Budapest Symphony Orchestra | György Korondy | Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus | János Ferencsik | József Gregor | Klára Takács | Veronika Kincses

Hungaroton

This CD adds a powerful and yet seldom performed Liszt work to the catalogue, and could well add a new...

Reviewed in issue 5/1986

Review of Telemann 12 Fantaisies for Violin without Continuo

Telemann 12 Fantaisies for Violin without Continuo

Angèle Dubeau

fleurs de lys

In much the same way as Bach, during the 1720s, seems to have felt a need to embark upon the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1997

Review of Khachaturian; Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos

Khachaturian; Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos

Boris Berezovsky | Dmitry Liss | Ural Philharmonic Orchestra

Warner Classics

When close to his chosen repertoire Boris Berezovsky has few virtuoso equals, but when offering a labour of duty rather...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2006

Review of Mozart Church Sonatas

Mozart Church Sonatas

(I) Musici de Montreal | Yuli Turovsky

Chandos

Mozart wrote 17 Epistle Sonatas, intended for performance between the Epistle and the Gospel during Mass at Salzburg Cathedral. Most...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 12/1989

Review of Handel Concerti Grossi, Op. 3

Handel Concerti Grossi, Op. 3

Christopher Hogwood | Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra

Florilegium

Handel's six Concerti grossi, Op. 3, were published by Walsh in London in i734. The first edition, however, included as...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 6/1989

Review of Pol Plançon

Pol Plançon

Anonymous Pianist(s) | (Anonymous) Orchestra | Pol Plançon

Pearl

A more consummate artist (they used to say) never trod the stage. And I believe them. Plancon was not only...

Reviewed in issue 9/1991

Review of Sigrid Onegin (1889-1943)

Sigrid Onegin (1889-1943)

(Anonymous) Orchestra | Berlin Doctors' Choir | Berlin State Opera Orchestra | Kurt Singer | Rosario Bourdon | Sigrid Onegin

Lebendige Vergangenheit

There is probably no more beautiful contralto voice on record than Onegin's, and equally none with a more extensive upper...

Reviewed in issue 2/1991

Review of Schubert (The) Two Piano Trios

Schubert (The) Two Piano Trios

Arisa Fujita | Honoka Fujita | Megumi Fujita

Intim Musik

There are plenty of instances of noteworthy recordings by musical siblings: the Chung Trio, the Labèque sisters and, more recently,...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 2/2009

Review of Gervase de Peyer Recital

Gervase de Peyer Recital

Gervase de Peyer | Gwenneth Pryor

Chandos

This is a record largely of arrangements or alternatives, but it is none the worse for that since all of...

Reviewed in issue 4/1987

Review of Dawn Upshaw-The girl with orange lips

Dawn Upshaw-The girl with orange lips

Dawn Upshaw | Instrumental Ensemble

Nonesuch

The Girl with Orange Lips, shadowed with fern-leaves from the New York botanical garden, is Dawn Upshaw: or is she?...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 11/1991

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