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Review of Liszt Piano concertosa

Liszt Piano concertosa

Rostropovich (EMI, 6/95) and Maisky (DG, 3/00) have each given us very personal accounts of the Bach Cello Suites, the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/2000

Review of Alwyn Film Music, Vol 2

Alwyn Film Music, Vol 2

In vintage British films of the 1940s and ’50s one expected a major orchestral film score. William Alwyn‚ alongside Malcolm...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Review of Brahms; Dupré; Wagner Organ Works

Brahms; Dupré; Wagner Organ Works

This is a great recording – I’ve no hesitation in saying it’s one of the best organ CDs you’ll ever...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 2/2007

Review of Barry Douglas - Piano Recital

Barry Douglas - Piano Recital

The last solo disc of Barry Douglas's I reviewed was his Tchaikovsky G major Sonata and miscellaneous pieces (11/89). This...

Reviewed in issue 12/1992

Review of Russian Piano Works

Russian Piano Works

The young Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen is a remarkable artist and his splendid debut disc of preludes by Alkan and...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 2/1993

Review of Rogister String Quartets Nos 2 & 6

Rogister String Quartets Nos 2 & 6

French composer and viola player Jean Rogister (1879-1964) certainly wrote skilfully and fluently for the string quartet medium. The two...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 5/2000

Review of Knussen Conducts Knussen

Knussen Conducts Knussen

Oliver Knussen is such a very good conductor, often giving revelatory performances of modern scores that we had thought to...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 1/1997

Review of Chopin/Strauss Cello Sonatas

Chopin/Strauss Cello Sonatas

Chopin's Cello Sonata is a late work, and one that reminds us that he did not think exclusively in terms...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1992

Review of The Pillars of Eternity - Eton Choir Book Vol III

The Pillars of Eternity - Eton Choir Book Vol III

''The Pillars of Eternity'' is the title of The Sixteen's third anthology of pieces from the Eton Choirbook (Vols. 1...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 7/1993

Review of Schubert Winterreise

Schubert Winterreise

You wouldn't think that a recording by Fischer-Dieskau, given his huge discography, especially where Schubert is concerned, could still offer...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/2000


 

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