Messiaen Trois Mélodies; Harawi

Hetna Regitze Bruun | Kristoffer Nyholm Hyldig

The central panel of Messiaen’s “Tristan” trilogy is also the most direct translation of its source, which is saying something...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 5/2010

Rubinstein Kamennïy-ostrow, Vol 1

Joseph Banowetz

In 1853-54 he produced this set of musical portraits, character sketches of members of her court. Even if we could...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/2000

Brahms Violin Sonatas Nos 1-3

Alexander Peskanov | Ilya Kaler

This is uncommonly fine sounding Brahms. The recording‚ made in Toronto‚ is full and warm‚ with excellent balance between...

Reviewed in issue 10/2002

Fauré: Orchestral Works

Boston Symphony Orchestra | Jules Eskin | Lorraine Hunt | Seiji Ozawa | Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Faure was the first composer—ahead of Debussy, Schoenberg and Sibelius—whose music inspired by Maeterlinck's Pelleas et Melisande was to reach...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 1/1988

Gianneo In the Altiplano; 3 Argentinian Dances; Music for Children

Dora De Marinis | Elena Dabul | Fernando Viani | Pervez Mody

Luis Gianneo (1897-1968), along with Juan José Castro, was instrumental in forging an authentically Argentinian musical voice combining European influences...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 12/2002

Schubert Symphonies

City of London Sinfonia | Richard Hickox

Richard Hickox and his City of London Sinfonia give eminently sensible performances of these symphonies and at bargain price the...

Reviewed in issue 4/1987

Sor Guitar Works

Göran Söllscher

Sor packed a great deal into his 61 years of life: musical studies at Montserrat, army service, politically enforced exile,...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 7/1987

Maxwell Davies Concertos for Piano and Piccolo. Maxwell's Reel.

Kathryn Stott | Peter Maxwell Davies | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Scottish Chamber Orchestra | Stewart McIlwham

Peter Maxwell Davies has written more concertos than most, but this is his first for the most popular of all...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1998

Beethoven Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2

Volume 2 of Russell Sherman’s cycle barks but never quite bites. Largely relying on bluster and bravado, his often provocative...

Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 4/1998

Shostakovich Symphony 13

Anatoly Kocherga | Estonia National Male Choir | Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra | Neeme Järvi

This is the most entertaining modern recording of what is usually counted a forbidding work. You may even feel that...

Reviewed in issue 6/1997