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Balakirev Symphony No 1; In Bohemia; King Lear Ov

The Hyperion Dyad pairs Svetlanov’s Philharmonia performances of the two very similar symphonies of Balakirev. They bring consistently fine playing...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 4/1999

Stravinsky Petrushka; Liadov Baba-Yaga. Kikimora

Stravinsky liked Anatole Liadov, an older figure in Russian music active as composer, teacher and conductor. But Liadov was famous...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 13/2010

Wagner Der Fliegende Holländer

''This now has to be the recommended version'', wrote Alan Blyth, reviewing the medium-price CD reissue of Klemperer's EMI recording...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 8/1990

Weber Symphonies Nos 1 & 2; Horn Concertino; Overtures

These two recordings were made in 1986 and 1988 respectively. Well versed though the Hanover Band are in the instruments...

Reviewed in issue 10/2001

Villa-Lobos Chôros No 11 for Piano and Orchestra

Villa-Lobos wrote five piano concertos as well as other works for piano and orchestra with less concertante titles, such as...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 12/1998

Britten Phaedra

In just over 70 minutes, this disc takes us from the dawn of Britten’s creative life to its sunset. The...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 7/2011

Haydn (Die) Schöpfung

Always an unaffected and inspiriting Haydn conductor, Colin Davis again reveals his profound sympathy for the composer on this LSO...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 9/2009

Bliss String Quartet No 1 & Others Chamber Works.

Enthusiasts may already possess Bliss’s two mature string quartets in the Delmé Quartet’s superb Hyperion coupling from 1985. Now come...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Classic Mancini

James MacMillan’s trumpet concerto Epiclesis – meaning ‘prayer’ or ‘invocation’ – is built round a basic contrast between expansive meditation...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 11/2000

Mendelssohn Works for Cello and Piano

Mendelssohn completed his First Cello Sonata during the autumn of 1838. Like the Variations Concertantes which predate it by almost...

Reviewed by mjameson in issue: 10/1992

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