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Bach Epiphany Mass

This two-disc set contains four vocal works by Bach, set in the context of an Epiphany Mass ‘as it might...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 1/1999

Tavener Choral Works

To be sure, if John Tavener’s reputation were to rest solely on his unaccompanied choral music and nothing else, then...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 1/2001

Beethoven Symphony No 9; Coriolan Overture

This is a famous and famously successful recording of the Ninth, keenly felt and finely honed after the manner of...

Reviewed in issue 5/1995

The Art of Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson's fame was immense and very special: a recently published bibliography, for instance, lists over 1,200 items, books and...

Reviewed in issue 4/1986

Mochizuki (La) Chambre Claire

Misato Mochizuki was born in Tokyo in 1969. By the age of 13 she was premièring her own compositions for...

Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 12/2003

Haydn String Quartets, Opp.77 & 103

The Salomon Quartet's latest Haydn recording from Hyperion brings together the last contributions to the genre by that composer: the...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 7/1990

Corp Forever Child and Other Choral Works

The setting of Dover Beach stands out among this collection of agreeable, expertly fashioned choral works. Written for the BBC...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/2006

R. Strauss/Hindemith Horn Concertos

These classic performances were recorded a year or so before Dennis Brain's tragically early death in a car crash at...

Reviewed in issue 10/1987

Puccini Tosca

This is a Tosca upon which a great deal of care has been lavished. About 50 per cent too much,...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/1994

Berg Lieder

Both of Berg's sets of orchestral songs ideally need operatic amplitude combined with a Lieder-singer's subtlety and responsiveness to words....

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1995

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