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Review of Vierne Complete Organ Syphonies, Vol 3

Vierne Complete Organ Syphonies, Vol 3

This CD is the last release in Priory's series devoted to Vierne's symphonies. The series has shown that it's not...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 3/2000

Review of Mozart Piano Sonatas

Mozart Piano Sonatas

Born in 1940, Christoph Eschenbach established himself during the 1960s and made these recordings not long after: they show him...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 3/1994

Review of Cui Chamber Works

Cui Chamber Works

Cesar Cui is best known as the least known of the Russian moguchaya kuchka, the 'mighty handful' of Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov,...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1995

Review of Dowland Lachrimae (1604)

Dowland Lachrimae (1604)

Did Dowland ever expect this collection to be played in its entirety, at one sitting? If so, in what order?...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 7/1994

Review of Strauss, R Orchestral Works, Vol 4

Strauss, R Orchestral Works, Vol 4

Terms like ‘unexaggerated’ and ‘balanced’ have been admiringly applied to the three previous volumes of David Zinman’s Zurich Strauss cycle,...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/2003

Review of Shostakovich Complete Symphonies

Shostakovich Complete Symphonies

Even longer in the making than Mariss Jansons’s EMI cycle, Vladimir Ashkenazy has finally completed his Decca series. Circumstances, venues...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 9/2007

Review of Haydn String Quartets, Op 71 Nos 1-3

Haydn String Quartets, Op 71 Nos 1-3

These must be the least well known of Haydn’s later quartets, poorly represented over the years in recital programmes and...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 8/2005

Review of Franck Chamber Works

Franck Chamber Works

These works make the perfect César Franck pairing; the dark, sinister mood of the Quintet offering a vivid contrast to...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2006

Review of Elgar/Britten Violin Concertos

Elgar/Britten Violin Concertos

It is a matter for welcome when an issue such as this one featuring two British violin concertos of our...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 11/1989

Review of Spanish Keyboard Works

Spanish Keyboard Works

L'Oiseau-Lyre Florilegium's title for this disc is ''Virtuoso Sonatas and Fandangos from eighteenth-century Spain'': if not quite all the items...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1990


 

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