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HAYDN; WF BACH Symphonies
Giovanni Antonini’s ‘Haydn 2032’ project continues in the same vein as Vol 1 (3/15), with a selection of symphonies from...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2015
HAYDN Sinfonia Concertante MOZART Oboe and Bassoon Concertos
How good to see Haydn’s Sinfonia concertante given star billing. Usually it’s used as a filler, often to a ‘London’...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2015
GRIEG Piano Concerto. Lyric PIeces
It takes a brave man to record the Grieg Piano Concerto with the spectres of pianists such as Lipatti, Michelangeli,...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 07/2015
DVOŘÁK; SUK; JANÁČEK Violin Concertos
Regarding Dvořák’s Concerto, the obvious first-stop comparison is with Frank Peter Zimmermann’s 2013 recording, also with the Czech Philharmonic under...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 07/2015
DELALANDE Symphonies pour les Soupers du Roy
Listeners to this attractive CD need to know from the outset that what they are hearing is only partly Delalande...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 07/2015
MAHLER Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ZEMLINSKY 6 Gesänge
The first two instalments of Trevor Pinnock’s series with the RAM Soloists Ensemble featured whole Austro-German symphonies arranged in chamber...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 07/2015
BRIAN Symphonies Nos 6, 28, 29 & 31
Mirabile dictu: a release of four Havergal Brian symphonies – cause for celebration in itself – two of which have...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 07/2015
BRAHMS Symphony No 2. Serenade No 2
The eye is a great deceiver. Watch these Lucerne Festival Brahms performances and you might think you are in the...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 07/2015
BIRTWISTLE Angel Fighter
As co-founder of the London Sinfonietta in 1968, David Atherton has been responsible for several Birtwistle premieres down the decades:...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 07/2015
Of Madness and Love
The booklet’s claim ‘inspired by William Shakespeare’ is only really true of the Roméo et Juliette excerpt and the Lear...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 07/2015
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Book review - Monteverdi’s Voices: A Poetics of the Madrigal (by Tim Carter)
'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Review - Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy: The Columbia Stereo Recordings 1964-1983
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Review - 'Vienna: From Mozart to Schoenberg' (London Sinfonietta / David Atherton)
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
Book review - Edward Elgar and Adrian Boult (by Nigel Simeone)
'A veritable treasure trove for enthusiasts'
Box-set round-up: April 2025 (Stokowski, Dorati, Fiorentino)
Rob Cowan on three collections of vintage recorded performances
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