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Renata Scotto sings French Arias

The repertoire looks sensible: nothing too high or noisy, much of it taken from mezzo roles, all new to the...

Reviewed in issue 2/1989

Purcell (10) Sonatas In Four Parts

The newly founded Retrospect Ensemble has been created by members and trustees of the King’s Consort who wish to continue...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 9/2009

Prokofiev (The) Gambler

Daniel Barenboim and Sergey Prokofiev might seem like an odd couple but then The Gambler, composed during the First World...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 7/2010

Sibelius Symphonies Nos. 1 & 4

Like Osmo Vänskä in Lahti (BIS, 9/97), Sir Colin Davis and the LSO pair the First and Fourth Symphonies of...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 1/2009

Williams Treesong; Violin Concerto; (3) Pieces from Schindler's List

The world’s most widely heard composer? Probably. But do we really know John Williams’ music from his film scores –...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 12/2001

Reger - Chamber Pieces

My enthusiasm for this superb CD is offset by the certain knowledge that for many readers the mere mention of...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 6/2000

Brahms Choral Works

These pieces tempt performers and listeners into that gently purring mood which asks for nothing better than to be stroked...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 9/2000

Italy in Bach, Vol. 1

“Bach is not boring,” declares Cyprien Katsaris. But I’m afraid that, in his hands, Bach ever so slightly is. Katsaris...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 1/1996

Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5; Francesca di Rimini

There is so much to admire here that it seems almost churlish to complain once more about a lack of...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 13/2011

Wranitzky Symphonies

Pavel Vranick³ was born in southern Moravia in 1756‚ the same year as Mozart; he and his brother Antonín made...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

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