Elgar Orchestral Works

London Philharmonic Orchestra | Vernon Handley

A Falstaff to rank with the finest on disc. Handley's clear-headed, wonderfully affectionate conception is entirely winning. Chosen tempos are...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 6/1993

Albéniz Merlin

Ángel Ódena | Ángel Rodriguez | Carol Vaness | Children's Chorus of the Madrid Comunity | David Wilson-Johnson | Eduardo Santamaria | Eva Marton | Federico Gallar | José de Eusebio | Madrid Real Theatre Chorus

When Decca issued its outstanding recording of Albéniz’s Merlin (12/00), the first of a projected trilogy of Arthurian operas in...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 9/2004

Purcell/Handel/Mozart Arias

Jac van Steen | New Berlin Chamber Orchestra | Xenia Meijer

As winner of the 1996 Philip Morris Finest Selection Award, this attractive young mezzo was given the opportunity to record...

Reviewed in issue 6/1997

Verdi Overtures

Giuseppe Sinopoli | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The sweetness of the Vienna string sound comes over with even more refinement in this CD transfer, though differences between...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1985

Rimsky-Korsakov Orchestral Works

Alexander Lazarev | Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra

Lazarev attacks these virtuoso pieces with verve, not to mention also attacking his orchestra; the players respond to the challenge...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/1994

Schubert Piano Duets, Vol. 5

Harvey Dagul | Isabel Beyer

This experienced husband-and-wife duo have already recorded four volumes in this series of Schubert's piano duets, and now here is...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 12/1995

Sommernachtskonzert 2009

Daniel Barenboim | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This is the kind of collection that might have worked more effectively on DVD, with a chance to feel part...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/2010

Italian Oboe Concertos

Evelyn (Rothwell) Barbirolli | John Barbirolli | Pro Arte Orchestra

A most enjoyable addition to the CD catalogue. In 1967, TH welcomed without reservation the original LP; finding the music...

Reviewed in issue 3/1987

Buxtehude Vocal Works Vol. 3, Opera Omnia No. 7

This seventh instalment of Ton Koopman’s Buxtehude “Opera omnia” project is a nicely balanced programme of sacred vocal works that...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 13/2008

Barbirolli conducts Delibes, Grainger, Greig and Mendelssohn

Hallé Orchestra | John Barbirolli

Sponsored by the Barbirolli Society, this Memoir Classics issue brings together a collection of Barbirolli’s early post-war EMI recordings with...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1999