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MOZART Don Giovanni

There is so much wrong with this inconsistent, misconceived production that I hardly know where to start. Best to begin,...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: AW2013

MEYERBEER Robert Le Diable

There are heaven and hell here for lovers of French opera, though unfortunately rather more of the latter. The operas...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: AW2013

HANDEL Acis, Galatea and Polifemo

While the English pastoral Acis and Galatea has long been a favourite, its Neapolitan counterpart of 1708 is still a...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW2013

Bach to the Future

For his Orchid Classics debut, Ashley Wass puts together a mixed programme of works that are either by Bach or...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW2013

Moura Lympany: The HMV Recordings 1947-1952

The previous discs I reviewed in APR’s engrossing series devoted to pupils of Tobias Matthay were those by the forgotten...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2013

WAGNER Edwin Lemare Organ Transcriptions

Jonathan Vaughn’s debut solo recording is not only a well-chosen bicentennial tribute to the genius of Wagner but a timely...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2013

MIASKOVSKY Piano Sonatas Nos 2-4

For Lydia Jardon, a passionately committed advocate, the piano sonatas of Nikolay Myaskovsky (1881-1950), are ‘music of wrath’, a remark...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: AW2013

MIYOSHI Piano Works

The piano works of Akira Miyoshi (b1933) may not be as well known as those of his late colleague and...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW2013

LISZT Piano transcriptions

Christopher O’Riley (b1956) is not your conventional concert pianist. In recital he mixes standard fare (Debussy, Rachmaninov et al) with...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2013

GODOWSKY Piano Music Vol 2

Konstantin Scherbakov has been slowly working his way through the complete piano music of Leopold Godowsky since 1996. He has...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2013

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