Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
William Kapell had a blazing talent. Alas‚ his genius shone all too briefly and after dazzling audiences‚ chiefly in his...
Reviewed in issue 5/2002
Three years have elapsed since this recording first appeared, and several of the works it contains have now become available...
Reviewed in issue 6/1986
These are intimate settings of mainly liturgical texts celebrating the Virgin Mary. The programme consists of 18 petits motets, that...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1999
Martinez-Sobral (1879-1946) was isolated from 20th-century trends and his music is an amalgam of most things stylistic from Haydn to...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 6/2000
Rossini’s Ermione is the 19th century’s finest operatic treatment of a subject drawn from Greek tragedy. Not until the appearance...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/2010
A workaholic with a famously implausible schedule, Gergiev in concert can be less rewarding than Gergiev in the opera house....
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2002
This is a most interesting and rewarding recital devoted to English pieces for oboe and piano that deserve to be...
Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 10/1993
Hess is her own rival in the Beethoven Concerto; but she doesn’t equal her 1952 performance, also with Boult, that...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 4/2003
It was about a decade ago that Gustav Leonhardt recorded Bach's six English Suites for Philips; they were reissued a...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1985
Nowadays when seemingly every live concert and opera production anywhere is filmed from front of house using three or four...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 6/2004
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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