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Schubert Piano Sonatas

''I cannot endure the accursed chopping in which even distinguished pianoforte players indulge and which delights neither the ear nor...

Reviewed in issue 9/1995

Organ works by Dupré

The organ music of Marcel Dupre has tended to be regarded with a reverence which, for many, never warmed into...

Reviewed in issue 1/1987

Strauss II, J (Die) Fledermaus

Recorded by Decca in the Vienna Musikverein in September 1950‚ at the very beginning of the LP era‚ this set...

Reviewed in issue 6/2002

Bruckner Symphony No 8

The disturbing thing about this account of Bruckner's Eighth Symphony is that, given the premises on which many people in...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 1/1990

Guitar Concertos

Guitar concertos come and go but these three remain at the core of the genre, as they have been for...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1994

Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique

This classic performance comes up well again on CD, the sound a little hard at times but everything clear and...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/1996

Introducing Vanessa Benelli-Mosell

Armed with generous praise from Pascal Rogé and the astute observation from one American journalist that she possesses “great chops”,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/2011

Albeniz Iberia

Never for a moment would you doubt Rosa Torres-Pardo’s commitment to Albéniz’s daunting masterpiece. And there are many poetically arresting...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2007

Globokar Les Emigrés

Applause breaks out at the end of this performance, but without the benefit of such visual effects as ''the multiple...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1992

Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2; Symphony, Op 118a

The Piano Concerto, with its crisp dapperness emphasized by the use of a chamber orchestra and its restrained delicacy in...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1986

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