Mahler Symphony No 2

(Dale) Warland Singers | Doris Soffel | Eliahu Inbal | Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra | Helen Donath | North German Radio Chorus

This is rather a disappointment after Inbal's CD recording of Mahler's First Symphony which I reviewed recently (C37-7537, 12/85). Although...

Reviewed in issue 3/1986

Reger Choral Works

Andrew-John Smith | Christopher Glynn | Consortium

This disc yields up two secrets too long hidden from the public consciousness. Hyperion deserves a large vote of thanks...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 1/2011

Elgar Choral Songs

London Symphony Chorus (amateur) | Stephen Westrop | Vernon Handley

It would be a great pleasure to recommend this without reservation, the performances being good and the songs endearing themselves...

Reviewed in issue 6/1999

Bach Complete 2- and 3-part Inventions

Craig Sheppard

Following his vital and enlivening discs of the Partitas (9/06), Craig Sheppard continues with the 15 Two-Part Inventions and Sinfonias,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/2007

Pinchas Zukerman violin recital

Marc Neikrug | Pinchas Zukerman

Zukerman, predictably, joins those other splendid players who have made devastating gramophone collections of the favourite encore pieces. Devastating in...

Reviewed in issue 10/1986

Richard Strauss conducts Mozart

Berlin State Opera Orchestra | Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss's recordings of other composers' works were confined to a period between 1926 and 1928. The earliest of these,...

Reviewed in issue 3/1992

Shostakovich/Messiaen Chamber Works

Joshua Bell | Michael Collins | Olli Mustonen | Steven Isserlis

The idea behind this disc is a good one; two major chamber works, both written during the Second World War,...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1997

Godard Histoire du Cinéma

Jean-Luc Godard

Reality comes to us in fragments. We open a door, a telephone starts ringing, a helicopter flies overhead, then a...

Reviewed by rthomas in issue: 2/2000

Rachmaninov Symphony 3; The Rock

(Royal) Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra | Paavo Berglund

In addition to those versions listed above, I made the mistake of returning to Ormandy's CBS account with the Philadelphia...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 6/1989

Schubert Schwanengesang

I recall Luxon giving this cycle with great success in London's Queen Elizabeth Hall a couple of seasons back. What...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1989