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Bach Cantatas, Vol 10
There is unpredictable excitement in the random way the fruits of John Eliot Gardiner’s Bach Pilgrimage are being released, as...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 1/2006
Fortner; Mahler; Martin Lieder
Burkhard Kehring | Roman Trekel
Presuppose a listener who looks at the record shelves and says: ‘Give me music that speaks my language but extends...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/2003
Dohnányi Suite, OP 19; Nursey Variations. Veil of Pierrette.
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra | Howard Shelley | Matthias Bamert
The happy news here is the very first recording of The Veil of Pierrette, four scenes from a mimed entertainment...
Reviewed in issue 9/1999
Wagner Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
This Decca Die Meistersinger has always been a well-balanced and enjoyable performance vigorously conducted by Solti. Its main assets are...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1987
Loewe Lieder und Balladen, Vol. 7
Andreas Schmidt has learnt much from his teacher Fischer-Dieskau in his approach to Loewe, in particular the ability to colour...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/1997
Martin Everyman – Six Monologues & other vocal works
On paper this looks like a no-hoper: very short measure for a full-price CD, respectable but second-rank singers in music...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/2003
Shura Cherkassky - Recital
A Cherkassky recital was one of life’s inenarrable treats and this live recording captures more vividly than most the experience,...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 6/2007
BARTÓK Suite No 1. Kossuth
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra | JoAnn Falletta | Michael Ludwig
JoAnn Falletta’s performances of these early Bartók show-stoppers really do raise the roof. Making the First Suite sound compelling is...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2014
STRAVINSKY Petrushka. The Firebrd Suite (Tennstedt)
Klaus Tennstedt | London Philharmonic Orchestra
Klaus Tennstedt’s isn’t the first name to come to mind when thinking about Stravinsky’s ballets – granitic Beethoven, Bruckner and...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 07/2018
BRAHMS Die schöne Magelone
The young American baritone John Chest has already received lavish praise in these pages. Tim Ashley described his contribution to...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 02/2019
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