Rachmaninov Vespers

With currently available versions of Rachmaninov's Vespers, or Vigil, now into double figures, there is plenty of scope for choice....

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1995

Benno Moiseiwitsch Recital

Benno Moiseiwitsch | Constant Lambert | George Szell | Hugo Rignold | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Philharmonia Orchestra

Without a doubt Benno Moiseiwitsch was one of the truly great virtuosos of the century, and yet by temperament he...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 10/1991

Anna Netrebko - Russian Album

Anna Netrebko | Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre | St Petersburg Chamber Choir | Valery Gergiev

Anna Netrebko frames her recital with the two great heroines of Russian 19th- and 20th-century opera: Tatyana in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 11/2006

Shura Cherkassky - The Historic 1940's Recordings

Shura Cherkassky

Few pianists have proved more feline or elusive than Cherkassky. Wary of the studios – their chill scrutiny and the...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Josef Hofmann, Vol 5

Efrem Zimbalist | Josef Hofmann

Josef Hofmann (1876-1957) is among music’s most jealously guarded legends. For his admirers (and they included Anton Rubinstein and Rachmaninov)...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/1997

Brahms: Hungarian Dances

Berlin Staatskapelle | London Symphony Orchestra | Neeme Järvi | Otmar Suitner

A certain amount of interpretative freedom is desirable in these dances, if not essential. Jarvi is, of course, a master...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/1991

SALINAS Danzas Peregrinas GOSS Guitar Concerto EDWARDS Arafura Dances

Horacio Durán | John Williams | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | Stephen Goss

Those of us who remember John Williams’s frequent collaborations with the Chilean group Inti-Illimani will recall the energy and obvious...

Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 03/2015

Itzhak Perlman - À la carte

Abbey Road Ensemble | Itzhak Perlman | Lawrence Foster

Labelling a menu of sweetmeats “A la carte” might at first glance seem a ‘trifle’ misleading, and yet in this...

Reviewed in issue 1/1996

James Rhodes: Fire on All Sides

James Rhodes

The London-born pianist James Rhodes has established a strong presence on YouTube and in other media in recent years. His...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2018

Liszt Symphonic Poems

Kurt Masur | Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Here is a second mid-price reissue of this particular selection (previously available on EMI Studio, 2/88), but with the useful...

Reviewed in issue 10/1994