Virtuoso Clarinet

Michael Collins | Piers Lane

Hot on the heels of Martin Fröst’s disc of clarinet showpieces (BIS, 11/10) comes this offering from Michael Collins. The...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2010

Voyage en Russie

Claire-Marie Le Guay

Time was when the French, with their love of understatement, stylistic elegance and clarity, looked askance at the Russian repertoire,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2012

Popular Works for Piano & Orchestra

Cristina Ortiz | Moshe Atzmon | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The CD version of this strikes me as a very great improvement, its sound at once closer, clearer and brighter...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 5/1986

Conrad Tao: Voyages

‘Conrad Tao has already accomplished more than most musicians do in a lifetime,’ proclaims EMI’s website. To demonstrate Tao’s eclectic...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 08/2013

Popular Works for Piano & Orchestra

Cristina Ortiz | Moshe Atzmon | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Re-emerging with Moshe Atzmon, her collaborator in Mendelssohn's five mature works for piano and orchestra (Pantheon—not submitted for review), Cristina...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 5/1986

Rachmaninov Aleko

Aleko is the first of Rachmaninov’s three short operas and the most formulaic in its layout – hardly surprising, given...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 5/2010

Marjukka Tepponen : Airs chantés

Ilmari Räikkönen | Marjukka Tepponen

The Finnish soprano Marjukka Tepponen has a rich vocal quality, a sensitivity and a passionate soul that suit her well...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 12/2013

Maxim Vengerov

Ian Brown | Maxim Vengerov

This mixture of fireworks and sweetmeats perfectly suits the showmanship of Maxim Vengerov. Though there are many favourites included on...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/2005

LÓPEZ BELLIDO Symphonic Canvas

Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra | Miguel Harth-Bedoya

In his detailed booklet note, Jimmy López Bellido writes that the First Symphony (2016) was commissioned as part of the...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 12/2019

LISZT Symphonic Scenes

It could be argued that performances of the first and best known of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltzes by itself are missing...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 02/2016