Weill Seven Deadly Sins; Symphony No 2

Frank Kelley | Herbert Perry | Howard Haskin | Kent Nagano | Lyon Opera Chorus | Lyon Opera Orchestra | Nora Kimball | Peter Rose | Teresa Stratas

This is the first recording of Die sieben Todsunden, Weill’s last major collaboration with Brecht, to couple this ballet-chante with...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 8/1997

Schubert Masses

(Arnold) Schoenberg Choir | Albin Lenzer | Alexander Nader | Anton Scharinger | Arno Hartmann | Belà Fischer | Benjamin Schmidinger | Birgit Remmert | Bruno Weil | Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Bruno Weil has already released three of Schubert’s Masses on disc. The four remaining ones have now appeared in time...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 5/1997

Haydn London Symphonies

London Festival Orchestra | Ross Pople

Populariser Ross Pople conducts his London Festival Orchestra in intimate yet lively performances of the 12 'London' Symphonies, using a...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/2000

Mozart: Piano Concertos, etc

Hans Rosbaud | Herbert von Karajan | Philharmonia Orchestra | Philharmonia Wind Quartet | Walter Gieseking

In his day Gieseking had few peers as a Mozartian or as an interpreter of Debussy and Ravel. Of his...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1991

Bach St Matthew Passion

Andrea Ihle | Andreas Scheibner | Dresdner Kapellknaben | Eberhard Büchner | Ekkehard Wegner | Ekkehard Wlaschiha | Elisabeth Wilke | Hans-Joachim Ribbe | Helga Termer | Hermann Christian Polster

A confession—though one that must be obvious to anyone who thinks what a record critic's job implies. When you are...

Reviewed in issue 4/1985

Rossini Petite messe solennelle

The King's College Choir's contribution to this performance of Rossini's exquisite late setting of the Mass sounds even more sublimely...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 6/1987

Wolf Songs

Imogen Cooper | Wolfgang Holzmair

It was the subtle, impassioned, often humorous verses of the Swabian pastor-poet Eduard Mörike that, early in 1888, released Wolf...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 2/2010

Beethoven (The) Complete Piano Concertos

These recordings were made in the National Concert Hall in Budapest in June and November 2005. It is not a...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/2009

BRAHMS Complete Songs Volume 4

Graham Johnson | Robert Holl

In his vocal autumn, Robert Holl fields a bass-baritone of slightly grizzled nobility, with impressive sonorous depth. If high notes...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 11/2012

MAHLER Symphony No 4 (Vänskä)

Carolyn Sampson | Minnesota Orchestra | Osmo Vänskä

Let me say straight away that Vänskä is temperamentally far better suited to the pristine, childlike world of the Fourth...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2020