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Zorozábal La Tabernera del Puerto

First produced in Barcelona 60 years ago, this “nautical romance”, The hostess of the harbour tavern, was the ninth stage...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 1/1997

Allter Ego performs Philip Glass

Italian ensemble Alter Ego have made their name playing the post-minimalism of composers as diverse as Louis Andriessen, David Lang...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 7/2007

Weber Piano Sonatas Nos 2 & 3

Reviewing one of Weber’s concerts in 1812, a critic emphasised that a key quality of his piano playing was not...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/2003

Bartok/Berg Bluebeard/Wozzeck

Dorati's high opinion of Bluebeard's Castle informs his interpretation: a taut, keenly accented affair, where atmosphere takes second place to...

Reviewed in issue 7/1993

Mendelssohn String Quartets Nos 3, 4 and 5

Here is a set of brilliant but not dazzling performances of Mendelssohn’s Op 44 Quartets: that is to say, they...

Reviewed in issue 6/2001

Mozart Cosi fan tutte

This is the start of an Arte Nova project to record all of Mozart’s operas by 2006, starting with the...

Reviewed in issue 8/2001

Beethoven Violin Concertos; Romances

This is a great performance, one that simply has to be heard. In the first movement, the question of tempo...

Reviewed in issue 4/1999

Mendelssohn & Raff Octets

When the ASMF Chamber Ensemble recorded Mendelssohn's Octet last year only one player remained who could have had memories of...

Reviewed in issue 3/1990

Arne Alfred

‘Rule, Britannia’ is known to everybody, but almost nobody knows its original context. It was composed as a ‘Grand Ode’...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 9/1999

Mendelssohn; Schumann; Wolf Eichendorff Lieder

In this, the duo’s latest CD (actually recorded more than three years ago), they tackle a long and fascinating programme...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/2003

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