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MAHLER Symphonies Nos 1-10 (Berliner Philharmoniker)
While the Berlin Philharmonic’s Bruckner tradition began to be documented in the 78 era, with Jascha Horenstein conducting the Seventh...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 03/2021
MONTEVERDI 3 X Poppea
L’incoronazione di Poppea has always been the subject of revisionist fascination. The first modern performance, directed by Vincent d’Indy at...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2017
MOZART Litaniae Lauretanae. Vesperae de Domini. Waisenhausmesse
The choristers of New College, Oxford, ranging in age from nine to 13, ‘cheerfully state the obvious truth that we...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 04/2014
Beethoven Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3
Claudio Abbado | Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich’s two most recent discs have coupled works central to her repertoire with first performances on record. Here her...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/2005
Beethoven Symphonies 1 & 4
Claudio Abbado | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
It would be easy to take for granted the wonderful articulacy and tonal thrust of the Vienna Philharmonic in these...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 5/1989
Mahler Symphony No. 1
Manfred Honeck | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Still they come, despite what the much-missed critic Michael Oliver would have slammed as “an insane overproduction”. These latest Mahler...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 13/2011
ROSSINI Demetrio e Polibio
It was in 1809‑10, during Rossini’s final year at Bologna’s Liceo Musicale, that he was invited by the singer-composer Domenico...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/2017
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No 10
David Afkham | Evgeni Svetlanov | Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra | USSR State Symphony Orchestra
Diligent collectors have been able to trace the history of Shostakovich’s masterpiece in detail, starting with the typically slapdash playing...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2011
Rachmaninov Complete Symphonies and Orchestral Works
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy
Now in his 71st year, Vladimir Ashkenazy’s formidable artistic credentials in this glorious repertoire need no further bolstering from me,...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/2009
JC BACH Zanaida. Amadis de Gaule
Two operas in one month are a turn-up indeed for admirers of the most worldly of the Bach clan. Premiered...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 02/2013
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