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Haydn Keyboard Sonatas

Glenn Gould contemplated recording Haydn's piano sonatas as early as 1971, but it was not until ten years later, when...

Reviewed in issue 1/1995

Denisov Choral Works

The longest work on this valuable disc is unfortunately the least interesting. Denisov’s Choruses for Medea were written in January...

Reviewed in issue 12/1996

Nielsen Symphonies 1 & 2

his is proving a most likeable Nielsen cycle – not quite as classily played as Blomstedt’s with his San Franciscans...

Reviewed in issue 11/2001

Tan Dun (The) Map

Of all the criticisms of Tan Dun’s work, arguably the most damning and least sensible have come from those, particuarly...

Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 4/2005

Barber; Bernstein; Bolcom Songs

Go straight to track 8 and hear William Bolcom’s song­cycle I will breathe a mountain‚ composed for Marilyn Horne to...

Reviewed in issue 4/2002

Brumel/Josquin Desprez Choral Works

Avid listeners to Renaissance music may know Brumel's glorious 12-voice Mass Et ecce terrae motus, recorded twice in recent years;...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 7/1994

Beethoven Chamber music

Unimportant Beethoven, some would say. The Trio for flute, bassoon and piano belongs to the quite small number of works...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 5/1985

Mendelssohn Concertos for Two Pianos and Orchestra

Mendelssohn had already written three concertos (D minor Violin Concerto, A minor Piano Concerto and D minor Concerto for violin...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2010

Bartók Violin Concerto No 2

Menuhin has recorded the Bartok concerto on four occasions and this his second version, is the odd one out, since...

Reviewed in issue 10/1989

Schubert Die Schöne Müllerin

Here we have yet another recommendable version by a tenor to add to those listed above, one complementary to the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1997

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