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Boulez Répons & Dialogue de l'ombre double
When it first appeared in 1981, Repons was hailed on two counts: as marking Boulez’s return to large-scale composition, after...
Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 3/1999
Rossini (La) donna del lago
The cover stretches a point in claiming this was ‘unlocked from the archives of RAI’, as it’s been available in...
Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 3/2005
Respighi Symphonic Poems
Philadelphia Orchestra | Riccardo Muti
The trilogy of Respighi's Roman symphonic poems makes a generous coupling, but till now on LP it has meant making...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1985
Contemporary American Composers: Glass; Montgomery; Raimi
Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Elizabeth Deshong | Riccardo Muti
Riccardo Muti’s tenure with the CSO came to an end in June this year with three performances of Beethoven’s Missa...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 07/2023
Rossini Stabat Mater
Neither Muti nor Giulini (DG) was able to secure the services of a leading tenor at the time of recording;...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/1987
BOULEZ Complete Piano Music
Pierre Boulez’s complete oeuvre for solo piano encompasses three piano sonatas (1946, 1948, 1957), a chain of miniatures grouped together...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 04/2016
Rossini Overtures
Philharmonia Orchestra | Riccardo Muti
Riccardo Chailly's first-rate record of Rossini overtures for Decca appeared on CD in the month when the new medium was...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/1985
VALEN; HVOSLEF; EGGE Trios
Fartein Valen began planning a trio in 1912 but only began serious work on it in 1917. Progress, as often...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2013
LINJAMA The Birth of the Baptist
Jyrki Linjama (b1962), a pupil of Heininen, Rautavaara and Durkó, has become increasingly drawn to church and sacred music lately....
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 11/2014
POTT In the Heart of Things
Commotio | Grace Davidson | Matthew Berry
This important new release of a cappella music by Francis Pott draws its title from the final line of Wilfrid...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 02/2012
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