Frederick Stock and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Frederick Stock

The story of Frederick Stock's career is extraordinary in its simplicity. He was born in Germany during 1872, studied at...

Reviewed in issue 2/1995

Verdi Un ballo in maschera

Carlo Bergonzi | David Barrett | Erich Leinsdorf | Ezio Flagello | Fernando Iacopucci | Ferruccio Mazzoli | Fiorenza Cossotto | Giorgio Giorgetti | Gwynne Howell | Haberdashers' Aske's School Girls Choir

It is extraordinary how some operas never receive satisfactory recordings while others never get poor ones. Ballo is happily in...

Reviewed in issue 11/1988

Stravinsky: Works for Violin and Piano

Isabelle van Keulen | Olli Mustonen

Stravinsky made a number of violin and piano arrangements in the late 1920s for Paul Kochanski, but it was not...

Reviewed in issue 8/1989

Beethoven Symphonies

(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Wolfgang Sawallisch

Once it is accepted that this is going to be—pardon the cliche—old-fashioned classical-romantic Beethoven, there's a lot to enjoy here....

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 12/1992

Lassus 5 Part Motets

Collegium Vocale | Hanover Childrens' Choir | Philippe Herreweghe

Lassus has always been somewhat selectively served on disc, and when this collection was recorded in 1979, it seemed in...

Reviewed in issue 12/1993

Froberger Harpsichord Works

Blandine Verlet

Froberger is a favourite composer for many harpsichordists, the creator of a music whose irresistible dark melancholy and intoxicating expressive...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 1/2001

Mozart Piano Concertos 20 & 23

Howard Shelley | London Mozart Players

It is not all that often that one feels from the opening passages of a performance that matters are in...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1992

Widor Organ Works, Vol. 6

An immaculate disc. The Dutch organist, Ben van Oosten, gives totally natural, organic and perfectly-judged performances of Widor’s last two...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 11/1998

Mozart Complete String Quartets, Vol.5

Talich Qt

These quartets in B flat and F are Mozart's last, and the Talich Quartet bring to them a gravity of...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1993

Cage Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano

Philipp Vandré

Cage’s Sonatas and Interludes are often referred to as a masterpiece and, by now, it ought to be easy to...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 2/1997