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Review of Schubert: Lieder

Schubert: Lieder

Fritz Wunderlich | Hubert Giesen

Dokumente

So soon after Philips's reminder of Wunderlich's work in the field of Lieder (see page 1191), here comes the much-lamented...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1989

Review of MACMILLAN Clemency

MACMILLAN Clemency

Boston Lyric Opera Orchestra | Christine Abraham | David Angus | David Kravitz | Michelle Trainor

BIS

Good ideas are everywhere in Clemency, though that doesn’t mean they’ve translated into a good listening experience in this live...

Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 12/2014

Review of SCHUBERT The Symphonies (Harnoncourt)

SCHUBERT The Symphonies (Harnoncourt)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Nikolaus Harnoncourt

ICA Classics

Nikolaus Harnoncourt has already left us memorable, norm-defying sets of Schubert symphonies with the Concertgebouw (Teldec, 12/93) and the Berlin...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 01/2021

Review of JANÁCEK; SCHUBERT 'Soulmates' (Herbert Schuch)

JANÁCEK; SCHUBERT 'Soulmates' (Herbert Schuch)

Herbert Schuch

Avi

This is the second time Herbert Schuch has paired Schubert and Janáček on record. He lifts the D899 Impromptus out...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2023

Review of Wagner (Die) Walküre

Wagner (Die) Walküre

Astrid Varnay | Bayreuth Festival Orchestra | Elisabeth Schärtel | Georgine von Milinkovic | Gerda Lammers | Gré Brouwenstijn | Hans Hotter | Hertha Wilfert | Hilde Scheppan | Jean Watson

Testament

Hans Hotter’s Wotan dominates this utterly absorbing and exciting account of Walküre, the second instalment of the rediscovered Keilberth Ring...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/2006

Review of Wagner The Valkyrie

Wagner The Valkyrie

Alberto Remedios | Alia Rehwinkle | Ann Conoley | Ann Howard | Anne Collins | Anne Evans | Clifford Grant | Elizabeth Connell | English National Opera Orchestra | Helen Attfield

Classics

''I don't think The Valkyrie can be a perfect performance, although I have never been so happy as when I...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1991

Review of Schubert Complete Lieder, Vol.28

Schubert Complete Lieder, Vol.28

Catherine Denley | Christine Schäfer | Graham Johnson | Ian Bostridge | Jamie MacDougall | John Mark Ainsley | London Schubert Chorale | Maarten Koningsberger | Michael George | Patricia Rozario

Schubert Edition

This latest disc in the Hyperion Edition is an 1822 Schubertiad that begins and ends with some famous, some less...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1997

Review of DVOŘÁK; SCHUBERT Piano Quintets

DVOŘÁK; SCHUBERT Piano Quintets

Benjamin Berlioz | Ébène Quartet | Menahem Pressler

Erato

A captivating sense of teamwork permeates every second of this engaging document, vividly captured by the Erato recording engineers at...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2014

Review of Schubert Complete Lieder, Vol. 35

Schubert Complete Lieder, Vol. 35

Catherine Denley | Catherine Wyn-Rogers | Christopher Maltman | Daniel Norman | Geraldine McGreevy | Graham Johnson | Ian Bostridge | Jamie MacDougall | John Mark Ainsley | London Schubert Chorale

Schubert Edition

As the journey through Hyperion’s Schubert Edition nears its end, we notice, as ever, towering landmarks, some familiar, a few...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/2000

Review of Haydn & Schubert Music for Flute

Haydn & Schubert Music for Flute

Charles Tunnell | Clive Conway | Gerald Carcia | Nona Liddell | Paul Silverthorne

Meridian

This issue offers pleasing playing and fresh sound throughout. But the accompanying notes are scanty, which is a pity since...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 4/1988

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