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Reich Triple Quartet; Electric Guitar Phase; Music for Large Ensemble; Tokyo/Vermont Counterpoint

Triple Quartet is Reich’s first new work for the Kronos Quartet since writing his masterpiece Different Trains in 1988. Different...

Reviewed in issue 4/2002

Monteverdi Fire and Ashes

I Fagiolini’s second Monteverdi disc, like its predecessor (2/07), covers a wide range of the composer’s output, from the Third...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 5/2008

Mozart/Schubert/Wolf Chamber Works

These three examples of Viennese entertainment music happily complement one another. If the programme as a whole appeals then the...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/1999

Brahms & Franck Viola Sonatas

With warm musicianship and maximum sonic impact, BIS's coupling is a significant contender amongst distinguished rivals—Rostropovich, the works' dedicatee, being...

Reviewed in issue 7/1994

Prokofiev War and Peace

The task of reducing Tolstoy's monumental novel to manageable proportions and organizing its vast canvas into an operatic framework predictably...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 4/1992

Souvenirs de Venise

The Songmakers afloat in their gondola bob up and down in triple or compound time and one wonders whether the...

Reviewed in issue 7/1984

Sibelius – Youth Production for Solo Piano, Vol 2

This is the second volume of Gräsbeck’s trawl through early Sibelius manuscripts‚ many of which were previously unknown before they...

Reviewed in issue 5/2002

Mozart Symphonies

The latest in Jane Glover's Mozart series with the London Mozart Players arrives simultaneously with the sad news of her...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1991

Mozart Die Zauberflöte

This video version of the Gardiner performance was taken at a live performance at the Concertgebouw, recorded four months after...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1997

Schubert Lieder

Following immediately on from Schreier's arresting interpretation of Schwanengesang for Decca, the first of a projected series of the song...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1990

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