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Brahms Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2
Few musical partnerships have elicited such divergent critical opinions as Maurizio Pollini and Claudio Abbado in Brahms’s two piano concertos....
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 8/2000
Debussy/Chausson/Ravel Orchestral & Vocal Works
Philadelphia Orchestra | Riccardo Muti | Waltraud Meier
If only all CD programmes were as ingeniously compiled as this! Yet, if only, amongst Muti's French seascapes, he had...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 7/1994
Schubert Complete Symphonies
Even from a conductor who has actively encouraged the Chamber Orchestra of Europe from the start, it is a remarkable...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1989
Mahler Symphony No 2
In his intriguing notes for Abbado's new set, Donald Mitchell rates the Second highly, presenting it as the one work...
Reviewed in issue 5/1994
Amy Dickson: In Circles
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra | Amy Dickson | Daniel de Borah | Nicholas Carter
Amy Dickson’s recordings seem to fall into two categories: new music, with a focus on minimalists and composers from her...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 69
Verdi Aida - excs
This is a very fair selection from an attractive set. In spite of a voice not wholly suited to the...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1983
BARBER Historical Recordings 1935-60
A treasure-trove of historic Barber recordings. The earliest and one of the best known is his own performance of Dover...
Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue:
MAHLER Symphony No 6 (Chailly & Van Zweden)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra | Jaap Van Zweden | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra | Riccardo Chailly
It is Chailly who impresses most here, not that his radical rethink will satisfy everyone. Admirers of his audio recording...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 03/2014
CAVALLI Il Giasone (Alarcón)
There’s something riotous about Il Giasone. Cavalli’s 1649 opera – the most-performed of the 17th century – positively delights in...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 05/2019
BRUCKNER Symphony No 6 (Rattle)
London Symphony Orchestra | Simon Rattle
What a wonderful symphony this is, its mood not unlike that of some blustery day in the high hills when...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 01/2020
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