(De) Aeternitate

Ever since Reinhard Goebel and Musica Antiqua Köln introduced us in 1986 to the glories of Bach’s ancestors – and...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Bartók Miraculous Mandarin (The); Pieces (4); Dance Suite

David Robertson | Lyon National Orchestra | Solistes de Lyon-Bernard Tétu

Here are so many telling textual details‚ the sort that critics habitually love to dwell on‚ which makes the one...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

STRAUSS Lieder

Thomas Hampson | Wolfram Rieger

In his introduction to the booklet Thomas Hampson says that he wanted to mark Strauss’s 150th anniversary by offering a...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 07/2014

Mahler Das klagende Lied

Alfreda Hodgson | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus | Helena Döse | Robert Tear | Sean Rae | Simon Rattle

Mahler's ''fairy-tale for the concert hall'', completed in 1880 at the age of 20, first came into the catalogues in...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/1985

MENDELSSOHN Piano Trios

Hamlet Piano Trio

Another month, another Mendelssohn trios disc. This new one from the Hamlet Trio, a group just four years old, boasts...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 12/2015

STRAUSS Intermezzo

Brenden Gunnell | Brigitte Fassbaender | Günther Missenhardt | Marc Kugel | Maria Bulgakova | Markus Eiche | Martin Homrich | Martina Welschenbach | Michael Dries | Munich Radio Orchestra

Long dismissed by the squeamish as tastelessly voyeuristic but admired by many whose attitudes to the composer were generally far...

Reviewed in issue 11/2014

BARTÓK Village Scenes JANÁČEK Říkadla STRAVINSKY Les noces

Amadinda Percussion Group | Belfiato Quintet | Dakoda Trio | Lukáš Vasilek | Prague Philharmonic Choir | Zemlinsky Quartet

This is a scintillating collection. Les noces may be a work audiences either love or hate (is it a concert...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2024

Melchior sings Wagner

Albert Coates | Albert Reiss | Berlin State Opera Orchestra | John Barbirolli | Lauritz Melchior | Lawrance Collingwood | London Symphony Orchestra | Nora Gruhn | Robert Heger

As the years go by and no real Heldentenor appears on the scene, the achievement of Melchior in Wagner seems...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1989

Martin Vocal & Orchestral Works

David Wilson-Johnson | Duncan Riddell | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Lynda Russell | Matthias Bamert

This is the fourth disc in what is proving an invaluable survey of Frank Martin from Matthias Bamert and the...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1996

Mahler Lieder

Andreas Schmidt | Catherine Robbin | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | Jesús López-Cobos | Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra | Raffi Armenian

These are two discs of exceptionally good Mahler singing by two young artists. Andreas Schmidt studied with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and...

Reviewed in issue 5/1992