Respighi Orchestral Works

Mariss Jansons | Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra

There is no shortage of good couplings of Respighi’s three sets of Roman pictures, but this is among the very...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1997

Mozart Complete String Quintets, Vol. 1

Modern recordings aspire to perfection. A good producer will be alert to the smallest imperfections of tuning‚ ensemble and balance‚...

Reviewed in issue 11/2001

Handel Orchestral Works

Alexander Gibson | Scottish Chamber Orchestra

A chamber orchestra would not be quite the thing if the object were to represent the splendid sounds heard in...

Reviewed in issue 10/1983

English Music for Clarinet and Piano

Gervase de Peyer | Gwenneth Pryor

The combination of clarinet and piano does seem to have appealed to British composers (indeed this is a reflection, really,...

Reviewed in issue 11/1987

Lassus Regina coeli and Seasonal Motets

Richard Marlow | Trinity College Choir, Cambridge

Devising an overview of Lassus's motets must be a daunting task: the 23 presented here are only a tiny fraction...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 11/1994

Cherkassky Live - 80th Birthday Recital

Shura Cherkassky

I confess to a modicum of preliminary scepticism. Surely a pianist just turned 80, and one who has built his...

Reviewed in issue 1/1993

Ashkenazy in Moscow

Jeffrey Bryant | Martyn Hill | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy

Enterprisingly, in the concerts that Vladimir Ashkenazy gave with the RPO on his return to Russia last year, after 26...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1991

Berg Wozzeck;Schoenberg Erwartung

Aage Haugland | Albert Weikenmeier | Alexander Malta | Anja Silja | Anna Gonda | Christoph von Dohnányi | Claudio Abbado | Doris Lamprecht | Eberhard Waechter | Franz Grundheber

The first ever recording of Wozzeck was made at a couple of concert performances in New York conducted by Dmitri...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1989

Pol Plançon Complete Victor Recordings

Anonymous Pianist(s) | (Anonymous) Orchestra | Charles Dalmores | Emma Eames | Pol Plançon

The new, inquiring collector will find copious writings on the merits of Plancon's unique voice and art. Perhaps Lord Harewood...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1994

Bach Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV1014-19

Helga Ingólfsdóttir | Jaap Schröder

Jaap Schröder is an éminence grise of the Baroque violin, a name synonymous with the pioneering achievements of the Dutch...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/2003