SILVESTROV Requiem Für Larissa (Mustonen)

Andreas Hirtreiter | Andres Mustonen | Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks | Jutta Neumann | Michael Mantaj | Munich Radio Orchestra | Priska Eser-Streit | Wolfgang Klose

This is not the first recording of Silvestrov’s Requiem, written in memory of his wife, Larissa Bondenko – it has...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2022

PARRY Twelve Sets of English Lyrics, Vol 2

Andrew West | James Gilchrist | Roderick Williams | Sarah Fox

This is the second volume in Somm’s three-disc survey encompassing all 12 sets of Hubert Parry’s English Lyrics and I’m...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 08/2018

English Oboe Concertos

Elgar Chamber Orchestra | Kate Hill | Ruth Bolister | Stephen Bell

I can’t think of any other modern CD collection of English oboe concertos that I have enjoyed more than this....

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/2004

Cryng Bird, Echoing Star

(The) New Music Players | Patrick Bailey | Roger Montgomery

Founded in 1990, the New Music Players have since pursued an individual approach to commissioning and performance. The present disc...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 9/2003

From Stanley to Wesley Vol 2

Jennifer Bate

Thirty years ago, under the excellent editorship of Gordon Phillips, the publishers Hinrichsen produced a series called ''Tallis to Wesley''....

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 5/1991

Davis, C Carl's War

Carl Davis | Czech National Symphony Orchestra

“Carl’s War” brings together five of Carl Davis’s television scores, newly recorded, with settings linked to the Second World War....

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 3/2011

Emma Johnson plays Weber

Charles Groves | Emma Johnson | English Chamber Orchestra | Ernst Ottersamer | Gerard Schwarz | Gordon Back | Johannes Wildner | Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice | Yan Pascal Tortelier

Emma Johnson's four Weber performances were originally coupled to a miscellany of works, principally Crusell's concertos. They are attractive, intelligent...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1991

(The) Golden Age of Light Music: Continental Flavour

It must be quite a challenge to come up with titles for individual CDs in this Guild light music series....

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 8/2007

A LLOYD WEBBER 'Symphonic Suites'

Simon Lee | The Andrew Lloyd Webber Orchestra

The symphonic suite has quite a pedigree, from those seeking to bask in the drama and hit tunes of favourite...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2021

Sullivan HMS Pinafore

Alfie (Alfred) Boe | D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus | D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra | Frances McCafferty | Gaynor Keeble | Gordon Sandison | James Cleverton | John Owen Edwards | Simon Wilding | Stephen Davis

Based on last July’s Royal Festival Hall production – with one cast change – this new HMS Pinafore’s most distinctive...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 7/2000