Kancheli: Symphonies

Dzansug Kakhidze | Georgia State Symphony Orchestra

In my review of his Third and Sixth Symphonies last September I described Kancheli as ''a genuinely distinctive symphonic voice...

Reviewed in issue 4/1991

Bruno Walter conducts Mahler

(Anonymous) Orchestra | Bruno Walter | Charles Kullman | Kerstin Thorborg | Malcolm Sargent | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The prize here is surely Skrowaczewski’s Bartokian Triple Concerto, a quick-witted, darkly shaded tour de force that supplements the Verdehr’s...

Reviewed in issue 5/1999

The Art of Arleen Auger

Arleen Augér | Joel Revzen | Minnesota Orchestra | Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra

Here is a record to cherish, and with it, of course, a memory. Arleen Auger's fatal illness and her death...

Reviewed in issue 4/1994

Haydn Piano Sonatas

Mark Swartzentruber

Impressive technical proficiency and conscientious preparation characterise Mark Swartzentruber’s pianism. But a consummate command of the keyboard is not matched...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 13/2004

Corigliano Creations

I Fiamminghi | Ian McKellen | Paul Edmund-Davies | Rudolf Werthen

This is an anthology of orchestral works from various periods over the last 30 years, valuably supplementing discs of Corigliano’s...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 3/1997

Carpenter Symphonies Nos. 1 and 2. Adventures in a Perambulator

Adventures in a Perambulator was one of the most successful pieces of American orchestral music in the first decade of...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001

Debussy Pelléas et Mélisande

Alain Vernhes | Anne Sofie von Otter | Bernard Haitink | Florence Couderc | French National Orchestra | Hanna Schaer | Jérome Varnier | Laurent Naouri | Radio France Chorus | Wolfgang Holzmair

Bernard Haitink has always had a soft spot for French music‚ where his control of texture and pace often brings...

Reviewed in issue 4/2002

Puccini La bohème

Bidù Sayão | Frank Valentino | George Cehanovsky | Giuseppe Antonicelli | Lawrence Davidson | Lodovico Oliviero | Mimi Benzell | New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus | New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | Nicola Moscona

Not the most star-studded cast ever assembled for a recording of La boheme, nor is the conductor’s name an especially...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

Haydn (7) Divertimenti

Jack Brymer | London Wind Soloists

These two CDs were beautifully recorded under the aegis of the late Erik Smith and are now immaculately transferred by...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 1/2005

Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine

Gabrieli Consort | Gabrieli Players | Paul McCreesh

The biggest surprise about Paul McCreesh's meticulously researched performance version of Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers is that it has taken so...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 12/2006