Bernstein in Budapest

Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Leonard Bernstein

''Big LB'' is the logo on Bernstein's white anorak as he poses for the sleeve-photo. Only a genuinely big personality...

Reviewed in issue 12/1986

Rolla Viola Concertos

(I) Musici | Massimo Paris

The music of Alessandro Rolla (1757-1841), on the evidence of this interesting CD – and I confess that my knowledge...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1995

Dukelsky Zéphyr et Flore. Epitaphe.

(The) Hague Residentie Orchestra | Gennady Rozhdestvensky | Ilma Achmadeeva | Netherlands Theatre Choir

The Russian-born composer Vladimir Dukelsky (1903-69) may not be a familiar name to many readers, but take a peek under...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 3/2000

Shostakovich/Vlijmen String Quartets

Schoenberg Qt

An illuminating coupling. The Shostakovich is not the most searing on disc, but few accounts so fully bring out the...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 5/1998

Eileen Ivers - Crossing the Bridge

(Anonymous) Ensemble | Eileen Ivers

I’m not quite sure how this fits into the review columns of Gramophone. Eileen Ivers is an American/Irish...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/1999

Schumann Symphonies

Riccardo Muti | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Riccardo Muti's Schumann is masterful, disciplined and strong, mainstream in its choice of tempos, and mindful of the occasional thickets...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 1/1995

(Il) Maestro Pappano

This film profile is timely‚ just as Antonio Pappano takes over as music director at Covent Garden. It is a...

Reviewed in issue 13/2002

Charpentier (Le) Ballet de Polieucte; Intermedes d'Andromede

(The) Band of Instruments | Gary Cooper | Giles Underwood | James Gilchrist | New Chamber Opera | Rachel Elliott

This is the New Chamber Opera’s second recorded foray into Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s incidental theatre music: while their first centred on...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 2/2003

John Adams Chamber Symphony; Grand Pianola Music

John Adams | London Sinfonietta

A loud bash on an old tin can, and they're off—yelping, tapping, chattering, chasing to and fro, like a barn-yard...

Reviewed in issue 3/1995

Bach Cantatas

Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Budapest | Ingrid Kertesi | Istvan Gáti | Jósef Mukk | Mátyás Antal

There were some strong features in the two Naxos discs of Bach cantatas which I have reviewed (see September and...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1993