Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
The stylistic problems facing users of modern instruments in early music may be—and these days commonly are—solved to the satisfaction...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/1991
Yet another commendable anthology from Petri Sakari and the Iceland orchestra – a most enjoyable conclusion to their Sibelius symphony...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: /2000
Three operas on one disc? Yes, though obviously not grand ones with chorus: they instead use chamber forces, so today...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 7/1991
“Another hugely enjoyable Hyperion rescue-act” was AA’s initial term of welcome for the previous disc in the Scottish Romantics series...
Reviewed in issue 2/1996
The title is a bit of a stretch, since only Chen Yi’s The Ancient Chinese Beauty (2008) was actually...
Reviewed by K Smith in issue: 1/2011
An anthology of Vivaldi opera arias entitled “Pyrotechnics” featuring an orgy of gutsy coloratura singing from Vivica Genaux and directed...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 5/2010
When the Solti set appeared on LP, both EG, and Desmond Shawe-Taylor in his ''Quarterly Retrospect'' of April 1972, made...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1985
Nikolai Lugansky is a 22-year-old Russian pianist a major winner in the recent Tchaikovsky Competition and a favourite student of...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/1995
This is by far the most successful of Eliahu Inbal's Shostakovich cycle to date—somewhat surprisingly, given that the Fourth Symphony...
Reviewed in issue 7/1993
This invaluable issue brings together on two short CDs recitals given by Solomon in 1956 for RIAS (Berlin radio). This...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/1995
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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