Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
Kaija Saariaho’s first work for the lyric stage (Salzburg, 2000) looks set to establish itself as one of the most...
Reviewed by John Allison in issue: 2/2010
As the opening of Dvorák’s Eighth is moulded and caressed into life by Mariss Jansons, more gently and sensually than...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 9/2011
Producer Philip Lane’s imaginative collections of British string miniatures continue to provide attractive additions to the recorded repertory. As in...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 8/2003
Outwardly, Paderewski remains an enduring legend. The concert pianist who was also Prime Minister of his native Poland, the glamorous...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/1993
The twentieth-century violin and piano repertoire invites all kinds of mix-and-match programming. If this particular combination of sonatas suits your...
Reviewed in issue 6/1992
Like Arrau, Pollini oddly uses the first of the two editions of this work published by Schumann in his lifetime—a...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1984
No sooner had I been writing about the absence in the CD catalogue of the three central operas of the...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1985
Fans of Marais’ music will want to compare Sophie Watillon’s new release with a string of other very strong, very...
Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 12/2003
Julius Katchen’s coupling of the Rachmaninov and Dohnanyi’s Variations was a classic of the mono LP catalogue, surviving on Decca’s...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1996
The Amadeus have always paid loving attention to Schubert and their 1960 disc of the same coupling was reissued comparatively...
Reviewed in issue 3/1983
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
Lindsay Kemp welcomes a box of Baroque delights from the American conductor
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The tabletop ‘music centre’ may be just a distant memory, but where do you start when you want to...
Tim Parry explores the legacy of Jorge Bolet’s Decca recordings
Rob Cowan on collections devoted to two pianists, a cellist and a composer
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