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Schoenberg & Khachaturian Violin Concertos

Chalk and cheese, you would have thought—the century's most cerebral violin concerto (any other offers?) with virtually its most un-cerebral...

Reviewed in issue 10/1989

Beethoven Missa Solemnnis

It seems a poor thing, in the face of Beethoven's sublimities and the fine work of (probably) some 200 singers...

Reviewed in issue 6/1994

Falla/Granados/Guridi - Alma de España

It seems a long time since we heard from Teresa Berganza live, as opposed to on a reissue. The last...

Reviewed in issue 5/2001

Bizet Carmen

What was the title of Kobbé’s novel (Gustav Kobbé, he of the Complete Opera Book)? Was it not All of...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 6/2010

Baltic Exchange

A fascinating collection of choral works by composers from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, centring on a Mass setting by Latvian...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 4/2010

Works for Horn & Piano

One of the oddest facts about the repertoire of the horn is that, although it was the romantic movement's instrument...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1987

Orff Carmina Burana

Over the years, whenever I have reviewed new versions of this much-recorded work, this vintage account from Fruhbeck has provided...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1983

Martha Argerich - The Début Recording

Legendary it may be, tempting it certainly is (some male Argerich fans would probably pay full price just for the...

Reviewed in issue 4/1999

Ireland Piano Works, Vol 2

John Ireland’s piano music, intriguingly titled, exudes a deeply personal, bittersweet fragrance. The sense of autobiography is strong. Musicians of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1999

Bach Motets

I enjoyed Philippe Herreweghe's Harmonia Mundi recording of Bach's St Matthew Passion when it was issued in 1985; now we...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1986

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