Gigli sings Popular Italian Songs

It is a pity not to be able to review the records with quite the pleasure that attended the writing...

Reviewed in issue 8/1990

Widor Organ Symphonies

Daniel Roth | Günter Kaunzinger | Suzanne Chaisemartin

An avalanche of Widor! As one who once sat with him on the organ bench at Saint-Sulpice (he was then...

Reviewed by faprahamian in issue: 6/1989

Monteverdi Sacred Choral Works

(The) Sixteen | Harry Christophers | Margaret Phillips

There is something of a mystery about Monteverdi's Mass settings. From his own letters and other bits of evidence it...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 1/1987

The Winged Lion

Palladian Ensemble | William Carter

''The Winged Lion'' claims to celebrate early Venetian instrumental music. The Palladian Ensemble offer characterful performances that aim above all...

Reviewed in issue 1/1995

Suppé Overtures, Volume 3

Alfred Walter | Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Kosice

Vol. 3 of Marco Polo's Suppe series offers another fascinating insight into the wider output of a composer unjustly typecast...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 12/1995

Bach (6) Suites for Cello

Wen-Sinn Yang

On the face of it, it seems a strange idea to make a DVD recording of a man playing the...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 11/2006

Saint-Saëns Orchestral Works

London Symphony Orchestra | Yondani Butt

Upholders of the 'small is beautiful' argument seem to have lost out heavily in the case of Saint-Saens's Second Symphony,...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 5/1988

Horowitz Live from Carnegie Hall, 1940-1

John Barbirolli | New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra | Vladimir Horowitz

Yes, the pundits were right. This is the Rachmaninov Third to end all Rachmaninov Thirds, a performance of such super-human...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/1997

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1; Rachmaninov Paganini Rhapsody

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra | David Zinman | Horacio Gutiérrez

There are many very good Tchaikovsky B flats around and it is easy to sound ungrateful when yet another very...

Reviewed in issue 10/1990

Stravinsky Orchestral Works

Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Pierre Boulez

Boulez's Chicago Firebird is a masterly study in textural clarification, a cool-headed exegesis that traces and illuminates the score's every...

Reviewed in issue 11/1993