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Mahler Symphony No 2

Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony’s Mahler cycle regains its stride with this imaginative and compelling recording of...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 3/2005

Haydn Symphonies Nos. 100 & 104

Music-lovers of two centuries ago, without benefit of records or radio, and with a concert life even in London much...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 6/1988

Bartók Violin Duos

Like all the finest teaching material, Bartok's violin duos are accessible to virtually all levels of technical accomplishment yet conceal...

Reviewed in issue 3/1988

Stravinsky Collection, Volume 3

Despite fine recordings of operas by Britten and Tippett and a distinguished career as founder­conductor of the London Sinfonietta‚ David...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Schumann Violin Sonatas Nos 1 & 2

The name of Martha Argerich on any label always means fire, and so it is here. She and Gidon Kremer...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/1987

Debussy/Janácek/R. Strauss Violin Sonatas

Here is an interesting juxtaposition of three sonatas from the turn of the last century, of which the Strauss was...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 2/1996

Maria Caniglia (1905-1979)

“I belong to a group of singers who gave too much of themselves... it was a losing battle against myself...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1997

Ascension

The striking geometrics of this disc’s cover set the visionary tone to a tee. Segments of Sir Eduardo Paolozzi’s stained...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 2/2004

Hahn Chamber Works

In 1893, with his amazing Chansons grises already the toast of the salons, Hahn admitted he had no affinity with...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 4/2000

Rota Chamber Works

The one predictable element in Nino Rota’s chamber music is its melodic appeal, though I suppose you’d expect at least...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2000

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