Schwartz Wicked

Carole Shelley | Christopher Fitzgerald | Cristy Candler | Idina Menzel | Jan Neuberger | Joel Grey | Kristin Chenoweth | Manuel Herrera | Michelle Federer | Norbert Leo Butz

BD. Before Dorothy. That’s the starting-point for Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman’s smart, winning musical Wicked. Actually, the irritating little...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 9/2006

Brumel Sacred Choral Works

Peter Phillips | Tallis Scholars

The Tallis Scholars bring to this performance of Brumel's 'Earthquake' Mass—his 12-part Mass based on the Easter antiphon Et ecce...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 9/1992

Gubaidulina Chamber Works

Alexander Ivashkin | Malcolm Hicks | Miranda Wilson | Natalia Pavlutskaya | Rachel Johnston

‘Quaternion’ may be the term for a mathematical operation‚ but there is nothing calculated or contrived about Sofia Gubaidulina’s Quaternion...

Reviewed in issue 1/2002

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

Riccardo Chailly | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The bloom on Decca's Vienna sound, the more immediately focused on CD, makes Chailly's version far preferable to the CBS...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1984

Piano Circus

Piano Circus

Here at last is a decent new recording of Steve Reich's elusive Six Pianos. Rarely does the piece reach the...

Reviewed in issue 6/1991

Brian Symphonies Nos 8 & 9

Charles Groves | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Eight years ago Havergal Brian was very greatly admired by a small number of devoted listeners and scholars. These persuaded...

Reviewed in issue 9/1986

Handel in the Playhouse

L'Avventura London | Zac Ozmo

“Handel in the Playhouse” endeavours to reveal how the composer’s music was popularised through arrangements performed in English ballad operas....

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 4/2010

Tchaikovsky Songs

Joan Rodgers | Roger Vignoles

This is a well-chosen selection of Tchaikovsky's songs, played and sung with a sensitive feeling for their particular nature. They...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/1993

Discovering Delius - A Portrait of Frederick Delius (1862-1934)

Derek Bailey’s 1993 film for the Delius Trust offers a gentle introduction to the life and music of Fritz Delius...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2009

Nos Souvenirs

Jean-Marc Luisada | Laurent Korcia

It’s difficult not to be put off by the presentation of this recital – a messily­designed cover‚ with overprinting that...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002