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Menuhin Early Concerto Recordings

Menuhin went on to re-record the Mendelssohn Concerto three more times in post-war years, but I don't think he ever...

Reviewed in issue 6/1991

Romantic piano works

The Schubert Moments are probably the sort of thing at which Barenboim is best. They are so excellently judged throughout...

Reviewed in issue 7/1985

Berlioz/Wagner Songs

When listening to this record, I advise putting all preconceived ideas about the interpretation of these works out of mind....

Reviewed in issue 10/1986

Beethoven Quartet, Op. 59/1

In some ways the F major was the most impressive of the Lindsay set of the Rasumovsky Quartets and its...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 4/1987

Verdi Otello in Verona

Opera in the Verona Arena can no doubt be great theatre but it can also be very poor television: essentially,...

Reviewed in issue 13/1997

Stanley Six Organ Concertos

Gerald Gifford's elegant recording of these charming concertos has been a close companion for years. My dog-eared LP can now...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/1992

Bach Goldberg Variations, BWV988

When Gustav Leonhardt made this second recording of his of the Goldberg Variations in 1965, there were only about half...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1996

Handel Athalia

''The first great English oratorio'': that was Winton Dean's view of Athalia in his classic study of Handel's oratorios 30...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1986

Delius Florida; North Country Sketches

Delius and Elgar both had an uncanny ability to print their signature on almost every bar they wrote. These two...

Reviewed in issue 7/1986

Grieg Holberg Suite; Mozart Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings

An extraordinary level of refinement is achieved here as Yuri Bashmet and his Moscow Soloists completely strip away the “pop...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 1/2009

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