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Dvorák; Schumann Piano Concertos

To say that Paolo Giacometti measures up well to the classic versions listed above is to say a great deal....

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2002

Fête Galante

Karina Gauvin is a remarkable Canadian soprano with a wonderfully fresh and firm voice. Francophone herself, she is ideally suited...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/2011

Mozart Piano Concertos No. 20 & 24

Barenboim's way with Mozart's piano concertos is well known and has rightly won praise: he imparts energy and a feeling...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1988

Bel Canto Sumi Jo sings Opera Arias

This is an ambitious recital from Sumi Jo, who is developing into one of the most accomplished sopranos of our...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 12/1997

Tartini Violin Concertos

Of the six violin concertos by Tartini in the current Gramophone Classical Catalogue, only one (D96) is duplicated here; as...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 9/1996

Handel Tamerlano

This is an uncommonly interesting examination of how a great Handel opera may be performed without insisting that only Baroque...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Bax Symphony No 2; November Woods

‘I put a great deal of time (and emotion) into the writing … it should be very broad indeed, with...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 6/1999

Paganini/Saint-Saëns Violin Works

Paganini would surely have been utterly astonished. Sarah Chang (Gramophone's 1993 Young Artist of the year) who has already given...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 1/1995

Bach Cantatas, Vol 24

As joyful and awe-inspiring as John Eliot Gardiner’s commemorative Bach Cantata Pilgrimage surely was, it must also have been an...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 8/2005

Berlioz Roméo et Juliette; Nuits d'été

There are several choral contributions in Romeo et Juliette—setting the scene after the orchestral introduction, echoing the tenor's words in...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1990

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