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Review of Marc-André Hamelin live at the Wigmore Hall

Marc-André Hamelin live at the Wigmore Hall

This disc needs no recommendation for readers familiar with Marc-Andre Hamelin's previous recordings (Hyperion's recent Henselt/Alkan issue, 8/94, or Hamelin's...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 3/1995

Review of Lokshin (Les) Fleurs du mal

Lokshin (Les) Fleurs du mal

Much as any new acquaintance with one of the Soviet Union’s most rewarding mavericks is to be welcomed, this issue...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 8/2010

Review of Legrand Marguerite 2008 Original London Cast

Legrand Marguerite 2008 Original London Cast

In the theatre Marguerite is a show that is about halfway there. Its biggest handicap – as is so often...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 1/2009

Review of Haydn Missa Sancta Caeciliae

Haydn Missa Sancta Caeciliae

I share RF's pleasure in this performance, particularly in respect of the boys' clarity, mentioned in the original review (it...

Reviewed in issue 10/1986

Review of Mozart: Complete String Quartets

Mozart: Complete String Quartets

As I imagine, every music-lover knows by now that the Amadeus Quartet has ended its long and distinguished concert and...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1989

Review of Victoria Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae

Victoria Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae

These two offerings include much of Victoria’s best-known music. His massive publication of 1585, the Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae, was never...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 11/2005

Review of Dvorák Cello Concerto etc

Dvorák Cello Concerto etc

The Dutch cellist, Pieter Wispelwey, both live and on disc, has been building a formidable reputation, showing his versatility, switching...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1996

Review of An Organ for All Occasions

An Organ for All Occasions

The youthful freshness of Keith John's playing, the clarity and strange beauty of the highly individual organ are all revealed...

Reviewed in issue 9/1987

Review of Puccini Manon Lescaut

Puccini Manon Lescaut

The 1980 reissue of this classic Callas set of 1959 (RLS737, 4/80—nla) brought a very commendable opening out of what...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1986

Review of Cantiques de l'Orient

Cantiques de l'Orient

Soeur Marie Keyrouz belongs to a rare breed of musicians: a fully trained female cantor of talent, she has already...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 7/1996


 

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