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Music of Sixteenth-Century Rome

No doubt with a view to catching the eye of the passing customer, this collection from King's has the title...

Reviewed in issue 12/1984

Verdi Overtures & Preludes

This is a most enjoyable collection. The performances are far from routine, indeed they are extremely well played, especially the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/1996

Debussy; Fauré Violin Sonatas

The opening bars of the Fauré A major Sonata do not make a good start to this disc. At least,...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 12/2002

Dvorák Symphonic Poems

''Value for money... but at a price!'', to quote a phrase coined by RC a few months back. As an...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/1994

Rovetta Vespro solenne

Neither composer nor performers need any introduction to enthusiasts for the early baroque, an area which Cantus Colln have made...

Reviewed in issue 8/2001

Bach Violin Sonatas

I have heard it said that with Fabio Biondi’s playing, you can’t tell whether he is using a baroque violin...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 7/1996

Bach Solo Harpsichord Concertos

Bach produced 16 solo harpsichord transcriptions of concertos by Italian and German composers during his formative Weimar period, all of...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 3/2010

Mozart Le nozze di Figaro

I have often pleaded for the return of this admirable performance to the catalogue. At last my wish has been...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1991

Leo Miserere – sacred works

If one can talk of Leonardo Leo’s ‘most famous’ work, it has to be his double-choir Miserere of 1739, a...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 3/2003

Schubert Lieder

What more is there to be said at this juncture about the virtues of Fischer-Dieskau in his prime (as here)...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1991

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