Reger and Romanticism

Catherine Wyn-Rogers | Leon Botstein | London Philharmonic Orchestra

How I would love to have been in London‚ Birmingham‚ Sheffield or Newcastle during December 1935 when Wilhelm Furtwängler was...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Songs by the Mighty Handful

Alfia Bekova | Eleonora Bekova | Sergei Larin

“How mighty was the Handful?” might be a good essay title for the College’s General Paper. If answers had to...

Reviewed in issue 6/1997

DVOŘÁK Symphony No 2. The Golden Spinning-Wheel (Bosch)

Marcus Bosch | Nürnberg State Philharmonic Orchestra

To complete their Dvořák symphony cycle, Marcus Bosch and the Staatsphilharmonie Nürnberg turn their attention to the Second. In his...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 08/2018

Bowen Music for One and Two Pianos

John Reid | Joop Celis | Michael Dussek

The York Bowen renaissance continues apace with these two revelatory discs, both important additions to the catalogue. With the appearance...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 3/2009

Martha Argerich and Nelson Freire - Salzburg

With musical elder-statesmanship comes the opportunity to revisit past repertoire and make new, potentially definitive records of one’s interpretations. Martha...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 0/0

Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf; Cinderella

André Previn | Lina Prokofiev | Neeme Järvi | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Royal Scottish National Orchestra

These two new versions of Peter and the Wolf have in common outstandingly full and brilliant recorded sound and uncommonly...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1987

Fantaisie triomphale - French Symphonic Organ Works Vol III

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra | Ian Tracey | Rumon Gamba

Orchestral music lovers, organ buffs and hi-fi enthusiasts will be well satisfied with the epic sonic splendour of this CD...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 6/2007

Korngold Symphony in F Sharp; Tänzchen im Alten Stil

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra | John Storgårds

This new CD joins a select handful of fine recordings of this late-Romantic symphony, of which Marc Albrecht’s vibrant account...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 9/2011

DVOŘÁK Symphony No 6. American Suite

James Gaffigan | Lucerne Symphony Orchestra

The opening bars of the symphony signal something quite out of the ordinary, the perfect balance of horns and violas,...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: AW2014

Dvorák Orchestral Works

Bohumil Gregor | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

If Dvorak's music is in the Czech Philharmonic's blood then the sessions for this set must have coincided with corporate...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/1991