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Caruso 2001

This is an interesting venture‚ and readers to whom it is new and who can also lay hands on the...

Reviewed in issue 6/2002

Wirén Symphonies Nos 4 & 5. Oscarbalen - Ste.

More convincing as symphonic fantasia than fully fledged symphony, Wiren’s Fourth (1951-2) is none the less a classic score, vividly...

Reviewed in issue 10/1998

Bach Violin Concertos

The discs by Zukerman and Sitkovetsky (Novalis/ASV) have much in common: they offer middle-of-the-road versions of all three basic violin...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 11/1991

Grieg/Delius Cello & Piano Works

The links, both musical and personal, between Grieg and Delius are many, which makes this a very apt and attractive...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1998

Monteverdi Vespers

This performance of the Vespers barely needs any introduction, so familiar has it become during the pasy ten years. However...

Reviewed in issue 2/1986

C.P.E. Bach: Trio Sonatas

Mixed trios of wind and string instruments are more associated with the galant style than the baroque, and even then...

Reviewed in issue 2/1990

Bach Solo Cello Suites

For some unknown reason, it has taken five years for this recording, by one of the greatest cellists of our...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1997

Kate Royal - Midsummer Night

Here is an interesting, sometimes curious, selection of arias from 20th-century opera and operetta. I suppose nowadays, in the age...

Reviewed by po'connor in issue: 7/2009

Bartók: Orchestral Works

Solti may have been leaner and hungrier in 1964—which is when his trail-blazing LSO/Decca recordings of Music for Strings, Percussion...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 5/1991

Lalo Piano Trios

Lalo's three piano trios have done well on disc recently. Earlier this year, LS reviewed performances by the Trio Parnassus,...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1994

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