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French Chamber Music

The French have a predilection for the harp, and also for the flute: a selection of their chamber music featuring...

Reviewed in issue 12/1984

Hummel Quintet in E flat Op 87; Schubert Quintet D667 in A 'The Trout'

We expect technical finesse and a thoughtful interpretive approach from the Wanderer Trio; these attributes are shared by the two...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 9/2003

Dvorák Rusalka

This DVD brings together the vintage audio recording made by Supraphon in 1961 with an evocative film directed for televison....

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2005

(The) Flowering of English Song

With the exception of Vaughan Williams's Fredegond Shove settings and the duet from Merrie England none of the items here...

Reviewed in issue 11/1990

Janácek Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs

Janácek left us numerous folk-song arrangements, some 53 of which can be found his 1908 collection entitled Moravian Folk Poetry...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/2005

Alkan Organ Works, Vol 1

If you have any spare Christmas cash do make this glorious disc a priority. The first in a promised series...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 1/2006

Glazunov Symphony No 2; Coronation Cantata

Glazunov’s highly enjoyable Second Symphony opens with a boldly dramatized Russian chorale theme on the brass (one recalls Rimsky’s Easter...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1999

Prokofiev Works for Violin and Piano

The brother-and-sister team of Gil and Orli Shaham take a fairly romantic view of Prokofiev’s First Violin Sonata. Gil treats...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 1/2005

Franck String Quartet; Piano Quintet

This outstanding disc of two of Franck’s late masterpieces features the Fine Arts Quartet with Cristina Ortiz in the Piano...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2010

Rawsthorne Complete Piano Works

As I expected, this is definitive Rawsthorne and it fills gaps in the current record catalogue. McCabe – in his...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 10/2006

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