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R. Strauss A cappella choral works

Under Stefan Parkman the Danish National Radio Choir have established a reputation second to none. It is not just their...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 5/1994

Ravel (La) Valse; Mother Goose; Daphis et Chloé Suite No 2

For me one of the toughest tests for any conductor of Ravel comes towards the close of Ma Mère l’Oye’s...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2009

Emmanuel Symphonies 1 & 2

With some composers who have not quite stood the test of time, it can often be the case that their...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 13/2011

Hildegard von Bingen - Luminous Spirit

Lamoreaux’s sensitive recital throws new light upon the genius of the great abbess. Her voice, pellucid and supple, is perfectly...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 3/1999

Kate Royal - (A) Lesson in Love

The bliss and drawbacks of falling in love have surely inspired more songs than any other human activity. Kate Royal’s...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 3/2011

Lutoslawski Cello Concerto

Live performances by a student orchestra, some of them recorded ten years ago: can a full-price release be justified? That...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 11/1999

Tchaikovsky & Beethoven Orchestral Works

How charming that an Italian record company should pay such a prompt tribute to one of Uls ter's greatest performing...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 6/1991

Bach Cantatas, Volume 4

Karl Richter was an unpredictable conductor and it would be nonsense to claim that all the performances contained in this...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 1/1995

Chopin; Liszt; Scriabin Piano Sonatas

This imaginatively planned recital couples two cornerstones of the repertoire with Scriabin’s decadent erosion of Romanticism and an encore: Chopin’s...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/2005

Bach Sonatas and Partitas for unaccompanied violin arr. for guitar

This is a recording with several differences. Galbraith, who might be termed ‘the thinking man’s guitarist’, uses an eight-string guitar...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 12/1998

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