Schumann Lieder

Roger Vignoles | Thomas Allen

Thomas Allen is gaining notable recognition as a recitalist. Dichterliebe has always been one of his favourite offerings, and he...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1989

Libertà! Mozart Et L'opéra (Pygmalion/Pichon)

Are upmarket compilations becoming a trend? An early example is Marc Minkowski’s Rameau disc ‘Une symphonie imaginaire’ (Archiv, A/05). When...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: AW2019

Schumann Lieder

Geoffrey Parsons | Olaf Bär

Here we have something special. Olaf Bar, the young East German baritone who won the Walter Gruner Lieder prize at...

Reviewed in issue 6/1986

HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler (de Billy)

Ben Connor | Bertrand de Billy | Franz Grundheber | Katerina Tretyakova | Kurt Streit | Magdalena Anna Hofmann | Manuela Uhl | Martin Snell | Oliver Ringelhahn | Raymond Very

I vividly recall the first time I heard the great (albeit brief) Alleluia Duet at the close of Tableau 6...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2021

MOZART Piano Concertos Nos 22 & 24 (Richard-Hamelin)

(Les) Violons du Roy, Québec | Charles Richard-Hamelin | Jonathan Cohen

In these unworldly times of enforced social lockdown it’s interesting what gives emotional succour. I’d been revelling in the discovery...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 06/2020

Teresa Berganza – 70th Birthday Tribute

Adriana Lazzarini | Alan Ewing | Aldo Baldin | Alexander Maly | Alfredo Giacomotti | Alfredo Kraus | Alicia Nafé | Alison Browner | Ambrosian Opera Chorus | Ambrosian Singers

This four-CD set, issued to coincide with Teresa Berganza’s 70th birthday, is a mostly satisfying and joyful celebration of her...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 5/2005

(A) Portrait of Herbert von Karajan

(John) Alldis Choir | Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Adrian Boult | Alberto Lysy | Alexander Cameron | Alfredo Campoli | Ambrosian Singers | André Navarra | André Previn | Angel Romero

With its excellent transfers of vintage EMI recordings, almost every one of these doubles is worth its asking price of...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/2000

DOHNÁNYI Symphony in F. Zrinyi Overture No 2

Lászlo Kovács | Miskolc Symphony Orchestra

The musical highlight here is the wartime Waltz Suite, four separate pieces, all of them abundantly tuneful, the first cast...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2011

Wolf Möricke Lieder

Daniel Blumenthal | Dinah Bryant

Dinah Bryant is a soprano who has worked in various opera houses on the Continent, for the most part in...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1991

JS BACH Cantatas Nos 88, 199 & 84

Berlin Baroque Soloists | Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir | Bernhard Forck | Christine Schäfer

Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut draws on the parable of the Pharisee and the publican but ignores the smugness of...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 02/2014