Bach Das Wohltemperierte Clavier, bks. 1 & 2

Kenneth Gilbert

The preludes and fugues which comprise the 48 date from two periods in Bach's life. The first anthology of 24...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1984

Schumann Lieder

Felicity Lott | Graham Johnson

There is so much to admire in terms of full, unblemished tone, faultless legato and thoughtful phrasing on the part...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1991

R Strauss Daphne

Anton Dermota | Astrid Varnay | Beniamino Gigli | Dennis Noble | Dresden State Opera Orchestra | Emmy Loose | Erika Zimmermann | Frank Mullings | Georg Monthy | Gerhard Stolze

Had Reining's best years not coincided with the war she would surely be rated even more highly than she is...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1995

Purcell Dido and Aeneas

Alexander Oliver | Alexander Young | Alfred Jerger | Alfred Poell | Anny Schlemm | Anton Dermota | Antti Suhonen | August Jaresch | Bogna Bartosz | Boston Baroque

Dido is better endowed on record than any other baroque opera, partly on account of its brevity where this succinct...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 5/1997

Schumann Lieder

Daniel Levy | Geoffrey Parsons | Olaf Bär | Wolfgang Holzmair

The vogue for singing Schumann continues apace with these two very attractive discs. For those who want to make a...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1991

R & C SCHUMANN Dichterliebe (Julian Prégardien)

Like any conscientious artist, Julian Prégardien has taken a highly personal journey into Dichterliebe, and shares it with the listener...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 07/2019

100 Years of the Concertgebouw

(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Jo Vincent | Willem Mengelberg

In a conversation with the French musician and film-maker, Bruno Monsaingeon, in 1976, Glenn Gould remarked: ''Personally, I think that,...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1989

Bach (The) Well-Tempered Klavier

Daniel-Ben Pienaar | Michael Levinas | Till Fellner

Three pianists, three sets of ideas about Das Wohltemperierte Klavier; and though echoes of their predecessors from Edwin Fischer to...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 7/2004

Mozart Gala Concert

Bruno Weil | English Chamber Orchestra | Ettore Stratta | Hermann Prey | Jean-Pierre Wallez | José Van Dam | Justino Díaz | Orchestre de Paris Chamber Ensemble | Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

There are almost as many flavours of the bass voice in Mozart as there are Kochel numbers: these three releases...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 5/1988

Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Géza Anda

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | Ferenc Fricsay | Géza Anda | Salzburg Camerata Academica

Philips’s tribute to a great artist incomparable in Bartok and no less so in Schumann is marred by a selection...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1999