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Onslow (Complete) Piano Trios Vol. 2

Second-rank composers of the 19th century have still to be investigated and assessed in the same way as those of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 6/2009

Menotti Amelio al Ballo

Amelia al ballo (‘Amelia goes to the ball’) was Menotti’s first big success. Premiered in 1937, when the composer was...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 1/2001

Rossini Maometto II

Rossini's art had come a long way from his first Neapolitan opera, Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra in 1815, to Maometto II...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 6/1985

de Fesch - Chamber Music

Dutchman Willem de Fesch was one of many foreign musicians who came to London during the first half of the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 6/1999

Salzedo Chamber Works

As with most good music‚ the simplest of Leonard Salzedo’s ideas leave the most powerful impression. I’m thinking in particular...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Elisabeth Meyer-Topsøe

I challenge anyone to find me a soprano today who can sing this repertory more securely than Meyer-Topsoe. It therefore...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1997

Field Piano Works, Vol 1

The piano music of John Field is the subject of Benjamin Frith's latest survey, and the impression made by this...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 2/2000

Lobo Sacred Music

Alonso Lobo (not to be confused with his Portuguese namesake, Duarte Lobo) has long been recognized as one of the...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 12/1997

Gruber; Holloway; Ruders Works for Solo Trumpet

As was demonstrated on his recent disc of trumpet concertos (DG, 10/06), Håkan Hardenberger has no peers when it comes...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 3/2007

Beethoven (The) Complete String Quartets

Schubert wanted to hear the Op 131 quartet and his wish was granted five days before he died. Wagner believed...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 3/2006

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