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Britten The Turn of the Screw

This recording was made back in 1982 as the soundtrack for the highly imaginative, riveting film made by Petr Weigl...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1996

Bowen String Quartets Nos 2 & 3; Phantasy-Quintet

Published in 1922 after scooping a Carnegie Trust Award‚ York Bowen’s Second String Quartet proves a most endearing discovery. Brimful...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Schubert Lieder

Edith Mathis has had a distinguished career stretching now over more than 20 years as an opera and Lieder interpreter....

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1990

Ravel; Shostakovich String Quartets

Readers averse to the string quartet medium would do well to familiarize themselves with Shostakovich’s ‘Op 118a’. The parent work,...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 8/2003

Beaux Arts Trio: 1967-1974

Throughout this bumper selection from the Beaux Arts’ vast discography I was reminded of their ability to encompass every aspect...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 2/2004

American Classics

This is a unique collection of American works involving the clarinet‚ brilliantly performed‚ but sadly‚ it is a disc very...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Blumenlieder

Operetta and film composer of the inter-war years, Robert Stolz has a highly active publicity machine that has proved immensely...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 10/2000

Luzzaschi: Madrigals

As IF explained in his review of the LP, the music on this recording was at one time a closely-guarded...

Reviewed in issue 7/1985

Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5

All four sonatas on Uchida's new disc come from the 1774–5 set of six which were the first the 18-year-old...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1988

Mansurian String Quartets Nos 1 and 2;Testament

Since settling in Armenia in 1947 at the age of eight (he was born in Lebanon), Tigran Mansurian has been...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 5/2006

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