Bazzini Virtuoso Works for Violin and Piano

Caspar Frantz | Chloë Hanslip

Among 19th-century violinist/composers, Antonio Bazzini (1818-97) was probably the most successful in escaping from exclusive specialisation in the virtuoso repertoire....

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 13/2008

Mozart Chamber Works for Wind

MoraguÈS Qnt

This record seems to me slightly unnecessary. There are plenty of excellent recordings to be had of the two great...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1993

Vivaldi Ercoli

In 1722 Vivaldi’s career hit a few snags in his native Venice, but very little of his music had yet...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 3/2011

Abrahamsen/Nielsen Orchestral Works

Christopher van Kampen | Elgar Howarth | London Sinfonietta

The Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen is now in his mid-40s and is represented in the CD catalogues by a symphony...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1998

Berwald Orchestral Works

Arve Tellefsen | Marian Migdal | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Ulf Björlin

Berwald's is one of those names that lie on the fringes of our musical universe rather than in the centre:...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 6/1994

Haydn (The) Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross

Budapest Chamber Orchestra | Gábor Takács-Nagy

Pleasurable anticipation at a rare chance to hear The Seven Last Words in their original orchestral version curdled to irritation...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 4/2010

Busch plays Beethoven, Brahms & Busoni

(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Adolf Busch | Alfred Wallenstein | Basle Symphony Orchestra | Bruno Walter | Hans Münch | New York WOR Radio Orchestra

On the face of it, we hardly need another Sibelius cycle. At the same time whether it be Beethoven, Brahms...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1997

C.P.E. Bach Organ Sonatas

Marie-Claire Alain

C. P. E. Bach’s sonatas for organ were originally written for Princess Anna Amalia; “a princess who could not play...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 3/1997

Tomás de Torrejón y Velasco La púrpura de la rosa

Andrew Lawrence-King | Caitríona O'Leary | Chorus | Douglas Nasrawi | Ellen Hargis | Gabriela de Geanx | Gloria Banditelli | Harp Consort | Jennie Cassidy | Johanna Almark

In the last couple of decades or so, a number of recordings of early operas have appeared that have both...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1999

Byrd Complete Keyboard Works

Davitt Moroney

The three volumes of keyboard music added in 1950 as an afterthought to Edmund Fellowes’s edition of Byrd have only...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 10/1999