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Berwald Chamber Works

Although Berwald’s best music comes from the 1840s (he was born in 1796), two early works stand out: the G...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1996

Lassus: Chansons, Motets, Madrigals and Lieder

This is all extremely skilful. The voices of the King's Singers are superbly blended and balanced; they never show any...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 10/1988

Handel Teseo

Teseo is Handel’s only London opera divided into five acts in the French style. Nicola Haym created an Italian libretto...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 1/2006

Beethoven: Piano Concertos (Fortepiano)

With Mozart's piano concertos now safely enshrined on records (or very nearly so) using period instruments, and with 'early musicians'...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 5/1988

Frank Martin conducts Frank Martin

Frank Martin's own recording of the Petite symphonie concertante comes from 1970 and confirmed my suspicion that most performances and...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 10/1991

Bruckner Symphonies Nos 4 & 7

Listening to Bruckner in the privacy of one’s own room has always required a certain staying-power, even for those of...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 8/2010

Sacred and Secular Music from Six Centuries

This is music-making of the highest order. In general any record of the relatively short pieces that survive from the...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 6/1991

Baroque horn concertos

Seven baroque concertos in a row, played with exuberant virtuosity by a master hornist brings over an hour of music,...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/1987

Raff Piano and Orchestra Suite; Overtures

Joachim Raff (1822-82) deserves considerably more attention than he currently receives, so full marks to this ever-enterprising Swedish indie for...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2010

Mozart Symphonies Nos 40 & 41

Though Klemperer's conducting is often described as rugged, these powerful and individual readings of Mozart's last two symphonies give quite...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1987

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