Prokofiev Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3

John Lill

By the end of 1991 (Prokofiev's centenary year) we're going to be so spoilt for good Prokofiev recordings that it's...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 4/1991

Haydn Harmoniemesse

Dénes Gulyás | Ilona Tokody | János Ferencsik | József Gregor | Klára Takács | Slovak Philharmonic Chorus | Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra

''This record is designed as Hungaroton's tribute on the occasion of the seventy-fifth birthday of the great Hungarian conductor, Janos...

Reviewed in issue 12/1983

Stokowski conducts Music from Russia, Vol III

This recording is not intended as another salvo in the ongoing debate about Chopin’s abilities as an orchestral or chamber...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 6/1997

Monteverdi Vespers

Cologne Musica Fiata | Daniele Carnovich | David Cordier | Frieder Bernius | Gerd Türk | Gianpaolo Fagotto | Gillian Fisher | Guy de Mey | John Elwes | Jordi Savall

Of all the rediscoveries of 'ancient music' this century, the vesper settings by Monteverdi have probably been most rapidly assimilated...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 2/1990

Shostakovich Symphony No 7

Kirov Orchestra | Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra | Valery Gergiev

Valery Gergiev’s approach to Shostakovich’s most notorious symphony seems to be to let the drama take care of itself and...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 7/2003

Mendelssohn Concertos for Two Pianos and Orchestra

Mendelssohn had already written three concertos (D minor Violin Concerto, A minor Piano Concerto and D minor Concerto for violin...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2010

A Choice Collection of Lessons and Ayres

Trevor Pinnock

If proof were required that the harpsichord is not an inexpressive instrument this recording would provide it and, when it...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1989

Schubert String Quintet

Douglas Cummings | Lindsay Qt

Schubert's sublime C major Quintet is eminently well served on LP at present and its representation on CD is fast...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1985

Oboe Concertos

John Anderson | Philharmonia Orchestra | Simon Wright

Martinu's Concerto is in many ways a frustrating work. He was a brilliant craftsman, and an enterprising one. In the...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1992

Martinu: Orchestral Works

Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra | Petr Vronský

A fascinating selection: two not quite mature pieces from the 1920s, and three completely characteristic utterances from the post-war years....

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 4/1988