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Bach Magnificat; Cantata 51

I cannot imagine anyone being other than impressed by John Eliot Gardiner's positive, articulate and vigorous direction though there will...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1985

Chopin Cello Sonata No 2; Introduction and Polonaise brillante. Saint-Saëns Cello Sonata

Saint-Saëns’s Second Cello Sonata is an extraordinary combination of Baroque rhetoric and high Romanticism, written, not without struggle, in 1905....

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2011

Ravel Orchestral Works

Rarely can Ravel's diverse realms of fantasy have been conjured with such precise attention to detail and with such opulence...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 8/1991

French Flute Sonatas

Examinations are usually viewed with aversion and some suspicion, but the Paris Conservatoire’s custom of commissioning new works for its...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1998

Chausson Poème de l'amour et de la mer; Chanson perpétuelle

The pianist Nicolas Kruger, writing in this CD’s booklet, makes a pertinent point about the Poème de l’amour et de...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 13/2010

Barcelona Mass; Song of the Sibyl

In recent years Opus 111 have built up an impressive stable of ensembles dedicated to the performance of medieval music...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 9/1996

Brahms and Chopin: Piano Works

The 26-year-old Jamaican, Orrett Rhoden, is a born entertainer, but his musical talents, when heard divorced from his colourful personality,...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 5/1987

Bach English Suites

This is Gustav Leonhardt's second complete recording of Bach's six English Suites and was first released at the end of...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1987

Scarlatti Benedicta et Venerabilis Es; Salve Regina

Concerto de’ Cavalieri present four of Alessandro Scarlatti’s sacred works written in the modern stile concertante. Marcello Di Lisa’s use...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 3/2011

Alnæs Symphonies Nos 1 and 2

Anyone who invested in Piers Lane’s splendidly charismatic Hyperion recording (6/07) of the Piano Concerto by Eyvind Alnæs (1872-1932) will...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 6/2010

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