Great European Organs, No.42

Kristian Olesen

Tucked away inside the booklet accompanying this disc is an acknowledgement to two vitally important people: “During the recordings the...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 5/1997

Robin Hood - Elizabethan Ballad Settings

Paul O'Dette

Admirers of Paul O’Dette’s consummate artistry will revel in this new recital, played on three instruments: the familiar renaissance lute,...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 7/2001

Dufaut Lute Suites

Pascal Monteilhet

The importance of Dufault in his own time (seventeenth century) has never been fully reflected in recordings of his works,...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 3/1994

Dancing Pipes

Mary Chard Petersson

What a delightful recital this is. Charming music played with precision, sensitivity and a touch of aplomb, showing off a...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 1/2012

Sakamoto Silk

The latest film score from Ryuichi Sakamoto (Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, The Last Samurai) tells the story of a smuggler...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 1/2008

Leif Ove Andsnes - Horizons

Leif Ove Andsnes

Andsnes here reveals a hitherto hidden side to his art – the salon charmer. Some of the pieces are favourites...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2006

PROKOFIEV The Gambler

Alexander Gergalov | Andrei Popov | Andrei Spekhov | Larissa Dyadkova | Mariinsky Orchestra | Nadezhda Serdyuk | Nikolai Gassiev | Oleg Sychev | Sergei Aleksashkin | Tatiana Pavlovskaya

The vivid stories of Tolstoy’s exploits as a gambler provide real-life evidence of why gambling is such a recurrent theme...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: AW2013

DOWLAND Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares

Elizabeth Kenny | Phantasm

How to describe Dowland’s Lachrimae, or Seaven Teares? Seven pavans for five-part viol consort with lute, each a subtle transformation...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 08/2016

Music from the New York Stage, Vol. 2: 1908 1913

(Ted) Lewis & His Orchestra | Al Jolson | Anna Wheaton | Arthur Albro | Avon Comedy Four | Ben Linn | Bert Williams | Billie Taylor | Billy B. Van | Blanche Ring

These 12 CDs are a monument to the enterprise of collector/producer Jack Raymond, who has gathered what is claimed to...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 5/1994

Debussy Piano Works, Vol. 3

Gordon Fergus-Thompson

The great virtue of this third volume in Fergus-Thompson's Debussy series is that it is exclusively devoted to the composer's...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1990