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Sibelius Symphony No 5. Violin Concerto

It seems only yesterday that I was welcoming Simon Rattle's first EMI recording of the Fifth Symphony with the Philharmonia...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 4/1988

Nicolai Gedda - Songs and Arias

With each reacquaintance‚ Gedda goes up the ladder of my own personal hierarchy towards the position he evidently should have...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001

Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo Pagliacci

Those united in matrimony are not to be put asunder, as the Marriage Service avers. Cav and Pag go together...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 3/2000

Tchaikovsky/Chausson Works for Violin & Orchestra

Nigel Kennedy's second concerto record for the EMI Eminence label, like is Gramophone Award-winning version of the Elgar (EMX412058-1, 12/84;...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1986

Hanson Symphonies Nos. 2 and 4

Here is more enticingly off-the-beaten-track from this new super-budget label. The Fourth (Requiem) was apparently Hanson’s own favourite of his...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/1997

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3

The concerto starts with a faintly anonymous presentation of the first theme, redeemed somewhat by a good sense of momentum....

Reviewed in issue 8/1989

Chopin Piano Concertos

Chopin’s two concertos provide plenty of virtuoso fodder to fuel Lang Lang’s high-wire facility. To his credit, he consistently channels...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 12/2008

Billy Mayerl Piano Music

The revival of Billy Mayerl (1902–59) is now very much under way. Soon, as with the piano music of Satie,...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 3/1993

Mendelssohn String Quartets

The shadow of Beethoven falls heavily over these two quartets; or—if you prefer—the strong light of Beethoven illuminates them. Players...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1992

Laks; Ravel; Szymanowski String Quartets

The Nocturne and Tarantella is one of Syzmanowski’s most immediately attractive pieces in any medium, and it more than survives...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 2/2010

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