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Arias de Zarzuela Barroca

Rediscovery of the Baroque Spanish zarzuela has gained impetus in recent years. The name of José Melchor de Nebra Blasco...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 3/2004

Rautavaara Kaivos, 'The Mine'

Completed in 1962 but composed largely between 1957 and 1960, The Mine is Rautavaara’s own story of miners striking against...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 6/2011

Prokofiev Chamber Works

The time when the Prokofiev quartets were rarities on record seems to have passed, though the Second always maintained a...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1992

Luciana Serra - Prima Donna

The first impression is that this is recorded in a matchbox, or at least the tiniest of studios. We seem...

Reviewed in issue 5/1989

Gershem Ave Virgo Sanctissima

GÈry de Ghersem (1573-1630) was one of several composers whose outputs were largely destroyed in a series of catastrophes in...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/2011

Liszt Piano Works

Pletnev’s return to Liszt is distinguished by a seasoned and nuanced re-reading of the great B minor Sonata. His earlier...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 1/1999

Bach Orchestral Suites

There is novelty value in this seriously conceived set of Bach’s four Orchestral Suites: Paul Dombrecht draws on the theory...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 9/2011

Stravinsky Les Noces

Not many visitors are going to escape through my front door without hearing this. Mind you, I could understand if...

Reviewed in issue 9/1994

Janácek Káta Kabanová

Over 20 years ago, Sir Charles Mackerras’s performance of Kat’a Kabanova led the way for his Janacek opera cycle, one...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/1998

Bruckner Symphony No 3

If, like the famous acquaintance of The Revd Sydney Smith, you consider heaven to be eating foie gras to the...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 8/1984

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