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Sibelius Edition - Barbirolli
Hallé Orchestra | John Barbirolli
From early in his career, Sir John Barbirolli was a doughty Sibelian. As Michael Kennedy relates in his highly informative...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/2000
Dohnányi Piano Music, Volume 2
Around the turn of the century Dohnanyi was considered the greatest Hungarian pianist-composer after Liszt. Today most of his works...
Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 9/1997
Roussel Works for Chorus and Orchestra
Benjamin Butterfield | Europa Academy Chorus | Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Ravel’s celebrity has often overshadowed that of Roussel (both died in the same year, 1937). True, there is no Boléro...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2005
Adams Doctor Atomic
I don’t know if there’s a causal link, but Doctor Atomic is the most dramatic subject matter of any John...
Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 12/2008
The Maria Callas Collection
''If Callas's portrayal of Lady Macbeth did not exist in sound, it would be difficult to determine from the reviews...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 9/1987
(The) String Quartet and the Voice
Marie-Nicole Lemieux | Quatuor Diotima | Sandrine Piau
It has long been known that the Largo desolato finale of Alban Berg’s Lyric Suite involved a setting of Baudelaire’s...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 8/2011
Grieg Lyric Pieces
Once again on home ground, Andsnes reminds you of his capacity to go directly to the heart of the matter....
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/2002
Bernstein West Side Story
The composer's own recording of West Side Story has been in the catalogue for the best part of ten years,...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 2/1994
Verdi Four Sacred Pieces
With a recent performance of the Requiem still ringing in the ears it comes as a shock (albeit a pleasantly...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 5/2011
Brahms Huingarian Dances; Waltzes, Op 39
Jean-François Heisser | Marie-Josèphe Jude
Many will count this an ideal coupling‚ and the warm‚ fullbodied recording centainly conveys a richly Brahmsian sound – although...
Reviewed in issue 5/2002
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