Danze Strumantali Medievali Italiane, Vol 2

Anima Mundi, an Italian instrumental consort, has delved deep into one of the earliest manuscripts containing medieval dance music, dating...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 1/2007

Strauss, R (Ein) Heldenleben; Tod und Verklärung

Orchestre de Paris | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Rudolf Kempe | Serge Baudo | Staatskapelle Dresden | Thomas Beecham | Witold Lutoslawski

A very generously filled Double Decca gathers some of Vladimir Ashkenazy’s Prokofiev recordings into a most enjoyable programme. Four symphonies...

Reviewed by jjolly in issue: 11/2002

Russian Overtures

Mikhail Pletnev | Russian National Orchestra

First is worst here. Pletnev sets off as if determined to take the world speed record for the Ruslan Overture;...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1994

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Suites: The Snow Maiden. Mlada. Le Coq d'Or

Gerard Schwarz | Seattle Symphony Orchestra

The nature of Rimsky-Korsakov’s fairy-tale operas and the brilliance of his orchestral ear naturally lend themselves to selections such as...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 02/2012

BOWEN; BAX; IRELAND Works for Cello and Piano

Huw Watkins | Paul Watkins

For many readers, this second disc of British music for cello and piano will be even more attractive than the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/2013

Nathan Milstein-Concert performances & Broadcasts

(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Bruno Walter | Carl Schuricht | Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra | Ernest Ansermet | French Radio and TV Orchestra | Lorin Maazel | Nathan Milstein | Paul Kletzki | Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra

Harald Saeverud (1897-1992) is a difficult composer to characterise (Grove refers to the ‘atonal expressionism’ of his Cello Concerto, a...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 10/2000

Whettam Orchestral Works, Volume 2

Günther Blumhagen | Ian Hobson | Illinois Sinfonia da Camera | Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra | Martin Rummel

In this follow­up to the CD of Graham Whettam’s Sinfonia intrepida (7/01)‚ we find the same combative strength and hard­won...

Reviewed in issue 13/2002

SCRIABIN Mazurkas (Peter Jablonski)

Peter Jablonski

To an already robust discography, Peter Jablonski adds a disc encompassing most of Scriabin’s Mazurkas. They span the composer’s life...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2020

Borodin String Quartets 1 and 2; String Sextet in D minor

Lindsay Quartet | Louise Williams | Raphael Wallfisch

Borodin’s two string quartets have been coupled several times, and for long the most idiomatic versions were those made by...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/2003

The Young Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Alceo Galliera | Antonio Pedrotti | Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli | Milan La Scala Orchestra

“The Young Michelangeli; the beginning of a legend” is an enticing heading and, not surprisingly, these performances are of absorbing...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/1997