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Beethoven: Lieder recital

Now that Ian Partridge's nicely balanced Beethoven selection in the Finchcocks series is available on CD, the main reason for...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 6/1986

Bennett My Broken Machines

There’s a vein of power minimalism running through Irish composer Ed Bennett’s work that troubles me. Listening to the super-smart,...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 11/2011

Vivaldi La Follia

This new release of sonatas by Vivaldi (or not as the case may be, but more of that later) is...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1986

Zeller (Der) Vogelhändler

Viennese operetta is not all Strauss and Lehár, nor even Suppé and Kálmán. Carl Zeller was a civil servant by...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 7/2006

Romantic choral works

The Hanover Girls' Choir are a little over 50 strong and sing with a sweet, well-disciplined style. The singers are,...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1987

Beethoven Chamber Works

Beethoven's Septet is a charming work whose importance lies not only in its consolidation of its composer's style before its...

Reviewed in issue 11/1993

Gál Work for & with Mandolin

Despite a long and distinguished heritage in Central and Eastern Europe, the mandolin has never really caught on further west....

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 3/2004

Chopin Nocturnes

Those of us fortunate enough to have attended Maria Joao Pires’s Wigmore Hall recital earlier this year were given a...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1996

G. Barry Orchestral Works

You have been warned. Marco Polo’s disc comes with a sturdy, not to say alarming, endorsement from composer Kevin Volans:...

Reviewed in issue 4/1998

Adolf Busch and Rudolf Serkin

''Rudolf Serkin—The First Recordings'', proclaims EMI's two-disc set, but in fact seven of the nine items contained therein feature the...

Reviewed in issue 12/1992

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