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Review of Great European Organs, No. 7

Great European Organs, No. 7

I cannot remember when I last enjoyed organ playing, either recorded or live, as much. The Abbey's newly enlarged Harrison...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/1989

Review of Bizet Ivan IV

Bizet Ivan IV

The reclusive life led by this very nearly complete opera from the early 1860s, composed just before Les pêcheurs de...

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 1/2003

Review of Vivaldi Sacred Music, Vol. 2

Vivaldi Sacred Music, Vol. 2

This is the second volume in Vittorio Negri's series of sacred music by Vivaldi for solo voices with instruments (Vol....

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1992

Review of Mozart Piano Concertos

Mozart Piano Concertos

This is another fine issue in the series that Andras Schiff, Sandor Vegh and their Salzburg orchestra have been giving...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 10/1991

Review of Beethoven: Orchestral Works

Beethoven: Orchestral Works

Solti's is an epic view of the Eroica Symphony somewhat after the manner of Klemperer (EMI). At Solti's steady-treading tempo,...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/1987

Review of Mozart - Piano Works

Mozart - Piano Works

Most of Mozart's single piano pieces are the product of some special stimulus: they are not the daily bread of...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 6/2000

Review of Beach Rendezvous

Beach Rendezvous

For as long as possible I shall restrict myself to facts. Amy Beach, born in 1867, was a prodigy who...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/2009

Review of Bach Cantatas, Vol 24

Bach Cantatas, Vol 24

As Masaaki Suzuki’s deeply considered journey through Bach’s cantatas moves towards the core of his celebrated chorale cantata cycle (or...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 8/2004

Review of (The) Byrd Edition - Early Latin Church Music

(The) Byrd Edition - Early Latin Church Music

Ending the first leg of their grand project to record all of Byrd’s music, The Cardinall’s Musick present the remaining...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 13/1999

Review of Hollywood String Quartet

Hollywood String Quartet

These Royal Festival Hall performances have never appeared before either on LP or CD, and so will be of special...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1996


 

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