Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
This is the third encounter with Finzi in recent months. Mark Padmore with Roger Vignoles (Hyperion, 5/05) and Roderick Williams...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 8/2005
Adrian Chandler’s latest Vivaldi collection plays on a trio of associations that have little to do with the musical content...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 9/2010
‘Nobody can make a career in Bach,’ Rosalyn Tureck was told by the judges of the Naumberg competition, after she...
Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 5/1999
If I had to choose one work of Bernstein's for my Desert Island, it would certainly be Songfest, a cycle...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1986
Nirvana for composers and performers alike is a state where music unfolds of its own accord, without apparent conscious effort—and...
Reviewed in issue 12/1994
Despite a threemonth Broadway run on its first appearance in 1954‚ and prestige productions at La Scala‚ the Vienna Volksoper...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/2002
The positive virtues of this new Werther are the approach taken by Jean-Claude Casadesus – well-judged, never overdoing the melodrama...
Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 4/2003
The impious Monk of Montaudon must have been either a naughty old joker or a gleeful young misanthrope. He pokes...
Reviewed by mberry in issue: 13/1998
The Chilingirian's coupling of two more of Dvorak's finest string quartets, in the wake of their disc of Nos. 8...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1990
The innocent ear, free from odious comparisons with the past, might welcome this straightforward, careful, well-played traversal of a wonderful...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1999
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
Lindsay Kemp welcomes a box of Baroque delights from the American conductor
'This is a treasure trove of information, thoroughly recommended'
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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