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Vivaldi La Follia

This new release of sonatas by Vivaldi (or not as the case may be, but more of that later) is...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1986

Zeller (Der) Vogelhändler

Viennese operetta is not all Strauss and Lehár, nor even Suppé and Kálmán. Carl Zeller was a civil servant by...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 7/2006

Romantic choral works

The Hanover Girls' Choir are a little over 50 strong and sing with a sweet, well-disciplined style. The singers are,...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1987

Beethoven Chamber Works

Beethoven's Septet is a charming work whose importance lies not only in its consolidation of its composer's style before its...

Reviewed in issue 11/1993

Gál Work for & with Mandolin

Despite a long and distinguished heritage in Central and Eastern Europe, the mandolin has never really caught on further west....

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 3/2004

Chopin Nocturnes

Those of us fortunate enough to have attended Maria Joao Pires’s Wigmore Hall recital earlier this year were given a...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1996

G. Barry Orchestral Works

You have been warned. Marco Polo’s disc comes with a sturdy, not to say alarming, endorsement from composer Kevin Volans:...

Reviewed in issue 4/1998

Adolf Busch and Rudolf Serkin

''Rudolf Serkin—The First Recordings'', proclaims EMI's two-disc set, but in fact seven of the nine items contained therein feature the...

Reviewed in issue 12/1992

Liszt (12) Transcendental Etudes, S139

Recorded between 1990 and 2004, these performances are reissued in brilliantly refurbished and clarified sound, forming part of a 100-CD...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 13/2006

Chopin Piano Works, Vol 1

Perhaps we should not be surprised that so many pianists choose to record Chopin, thus inviting the toughest critical scrutiny...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 12/2002

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