Britten; Debussy; Prokofiev Cello Sonatas

Claudio Bohorquez | Markus Groh

Under the title ‘Modern Milestones’, Claudio Bohórquez brings together three 20th-century cello sonatas that may have little relation one with...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/2006

Nodyrev Symphonies Nos 3 & 4

St Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra | Vladimir Verbitzky

In 1943 a 19-year-old violinist in Leningrad’s Musical Comedy Theatre was arrested, accused of counter-revolutionary activity and sentenced to death...

Reviewed in issue 1/1999

Bartók; Eötvós; Kurtág Viola Works

Kim Kashkashian | Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra | Peter Eötvös

Shafts of twilight fall across Peter Eotvos’s Replica for viola and orchestra much as they do in his opera Three...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 7/2000

Haydn String Quartets, Op 50 Nos 1-3

Lindsay Qt

In 1787, Haydn referred to the progress of this set of quartets in letters to his publisher, Artaria. Conscious of...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 10/2004

Haydn Complete Piano Trios Vol 5

Trio 1790

How do you feel about a fortepiano in this keyboard-led music? Try the Adagio of No 26, and if you...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 10/2003

Bruckner Symphony No. 3

Bernard Haitink | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The late Deryck Cooke described Bruckner's Third Symphony as the least perfect of the nine symphonies, though not the least...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/1991

Isaac Stern plays Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn

(Franz) Liszt Chamber Orchestra | Isaac Stern

The very start of Mozart’s Serenata notturna is disconcerting, with a very hefty-sounding chamber orchestra set against delicate-sounding soloists, not...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1999

Sacred Choral Works

English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner | Monteverdi Choir

Tercentenary tributes to Domenico Scarlatti seem pretty scarce at the moment so a recording of his ten-part Stabat mater with...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 7/1985

Bliss Piano Works

Philip Fowke

The flood of Bliss recordings, celebrating his centenary, continues; and this one leaves no doubts concerning the effectiveness of Philip...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/1992

Arturo Michelangeli - Early Recordings, Vol 1

Michelangeli ranks among the grandest of all musical autocrats. And when his transcendent mastery is complemented by warmth, wit and...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/2009