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Brahms/Schumann Symphonies

The first of Karajan's three Berlin Brahms cycles (1963) was, by general consent, his finest for DG. As to which...

Reviewed in issue 7/1995

Chopin Resonances

This is Chopin presented with a difference. For here Kevin Kenner follows a reeling path, moving effortlessly from Chopin through...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/2011

Wolf Lieder

Felicity Lott's most recent Wigmore Hall recital showed her to be ever more relaxed and ever more sharply focused as...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 10/1989

Ludwig Weber - Opera Arias

In the 20 years from 1936 to 1956, Ludwig Weber was a commanding figure in the field of German opera....

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/1999

Bach Harpsichord Concertos

When these recordings were first issued, over a quarter of a century ago, Roger Fiske, Malcolm MacDonald and I all...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 11/1995

Andrea Bocelli - Verdi

The lirico-spinto repertoire of the tenor in Verdi is well represented here, the lirico part by arias from La traviata...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/2000

Prokofiev. Cello Music

Prokofiev and Shostakovich reacted to the anti-formalist purges of 1948 in opposite ways. For Shostakovich it was a question of...

Reviewed in issue 10/1988

John McCabe - (An) English Recital

Released in celebration of John McCabe’s 70th birthday, this splendid recital is a timely reminder of what we will soon...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2009

Mozart Violin Concertos 1, 2 & 4

No talk here of historically informed performances. “We simply look at the notes Mozart wrote down, and start from there,”...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 13/2011

The Eileen Joyce Album

Eileen Joyce was born to impoverished parents scratching not quite a living out of the Australian desert; the story used...

Reviewed in issue 11/1987

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