Schubert Complete Lieder, Vol.10

Graham Johnson | Martyn Hill

First I must eat a few words. In reviewing the last disc in this series (Arleen Auger in January) I...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1991

Schubert Lieder

Geoffrey Parsons | Gerald Moore | Janet Baker

When the major part of this issue, the first 25 songs, appeared in 1971 under the title “A Schubert Evening”,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1996

Haydn Complete Symphonies (The)

It was little short of tragic that the very last box of symphonies in Adám Fischer’s Haydn series for Nimbus‚...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Schubert Lieder

Aribert Reimann | Brigitte Fassbaender

My notes on this marvellous issue are littered with amazed adjectives. Fassbaender's daring, all-in style precisely matched, indeed encouraged by...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1992

Sallinen: Orchestral & Instrumental Works

Arto Noras | Finlandia Sinfonietta | Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra | Okko Kamu

It is only three years since Sallinen's Fourth Symphony appeared from Finlandia. That disc also included Shadows ( FACD346, 6/86),...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 10/1989

SAARIAHO Only the Sound Remains

André De Ridder | Davóne Tines | Dutch National Opera Chorus | Philippe Jaroussky

One part of the booklet describes Kaija Saariaho’s Only the Sound Remains as ‘two Noh plays’ and another ‘two short...

Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2018

Mendelssohn Lieder

Eva Csapó | Horst Göbel

The sleeve-note tells us that the songs chosen by Eva Csapo for what is her record debut as a Lieder...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 7/1986

Mendelssohn Piano Trios

Nash Ensemble

It seems to be the year for Mendelssohn trios: the fine Florestan recording set the level, followed by the recent...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2006

Beethoven: Lieder recital

Ian Partridge | Richard Burnett

Now that Ian Partridge's nicely balanced Beethoven selection in the Finchcocks series is available on CD, the main reason for...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 6/1986

Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 5

Benno Moiseiwitsch | George Szell | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Malcolm Sargent | Philharmonia Orchestra

Elegant, fine-toned and patrician, Benno Moiseiwitsch epitomises great musicianship of the past. Yet he was always personal and often impish,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/2005