Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
It would be a sad day if Haydn and Mozart symphonies were only to be heard on period instruments, but...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1988
As a great admirer of Lalo's Symphonie espagnole and his (unjustly neglected) Namouna ballet music, I have always resisted his...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1990
The crisp and rhythmic playing of Tom Winpenny, coupled with a colourful use of the unspoilt Victorian Binns organ (1892)...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 10/2011
It hardly seems credible that the man who prepared and recorded ingeniously wrought ‘symphonic syntheses’ of Wagner’s Ring, Tristan und...
Reviewed in issue 11/1997
This immeasurable masterpiece has a disconcerting habit of resisting attempts to capture its haunting and evocative atmosphere on disc. There...
Reviewed in issue 1/1989
To call a four-part composition The Seasons is not to set much store by originality, but Thea Musgrave’s orchestral autumn-to-summer...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 10/1997
Bernard Haitink is a sturdy Brahmsian with a keen sense of structure. His new version of the First Symphony is...
Reviewed in issue 6/1997
Had you asked a musical German of the 1730s or 1740s to identify the greatest living composer of his country,...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/1988
“After half a century, Schoenberg’s Piano Concerto has found its place in the repertoire.” If Brendel’s contention is true (what...
Reviewed in issue 9/1996
The first cycle of Englund’s seven symphonies is finally completed here (after 10 years and under its third conductor) with...
Reviewed in issue 7/2001
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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