Bridge Orchestral Works, Volume 1

Having lavished such sensitive and heartfelt advocacy on Edmund Rubbra‚ Richard Hickox and his admirable BBC National Orchestra of Wales...

Reviewed in issue 2/2002

Tchaikovsky Orchestral Works

Impressive as all these performances of the Tchaikovsky Concerto are in their varying demonstrations of virtuosity and expressiveness, it is...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/1993

Mahler Symphony No 9

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/2002

Glazunov: Orchestral Works

I would begin with Side 2, if I were you: start at the beginning, as I did, and you will...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 7/1986

Vivaldi Trio Sonatas Op. 1

It is not long since Enrico Gatti and the Aurora Ensemble brought us a disc of seven of Vivaldi’s Op...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 7/2008

Mozart Don Giovanni

In a field that is already so well tilled, a newcomer must offer something special if it is to make...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1986

Raid/Tubin Orchestral Works

I hate to lead off with a negative point, but the packaging of this disc is very misleading. From the...

Reviewed in issue 1/1996

Watson Vocal and Orchestral Premieres

Chester-born Stephen Watson (b.1955) evidently revels in the extravagantly varied range of colour and weight that the full modern orchestra...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/1997

Beethoven Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2

I’d have been impressed by the unity of purpose and style of these performances, I think, even without knowing that...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/1997

Paganini Guitar Quartets

In all Paganini wrote 15 quartets for string trio and guitar, of which these players recorded the first nine in...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 4/1990