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Berlioz; Chausson; Dukas Works for Voice and Orchestra

The dark timbre of Elsa Maurus’s voice would seem to suit her well to Chausson’s Poème de l’amour et de...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/2005

Strauss (Die) Liebe der Danae

Michael Oliver wrote a convincing defence of Strauss’s last-but-one opera some three years ago, when reviewing the Botstein set, just...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/2004

Fauré/Saint-Saëns String Quartets

It seems a strange coincidence, given the neglect of Saint-Saens’s two string quartets, that two impressive recordings should arrive at...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/1998

Hindemith Complete Wind Concertos

Hindemith's four wind concertos (1947-9) have never enjoyed the success of the Kammermusik concertos (with which they have much in...

Reviewed in issue 11/1995

Berlioz Requiem

There is not enough wrong with this performance. Berlioz's Requiem is a dangerous piece, one that should hover on the...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1995

Rimsky-Korsakov: Orchestral works

Svetlanov fills an obvious gap in the catalogue. Although, by western expectations, the brass tends to bray a bit, otherwise...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1986

Heifetz Early Victor Recordings, 1917-18

All the recordings listed above were made when Heifetz was still a young man, and they show that in his...

Reviewed in issue 1/1991

Schubert and Strauss Lieder

A revelatory reissue, this, not least for its three Strauss orchestral songs, conducted by the composer himself. Both Heimliche Aufforderung...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 6/1986

Weyse (The) Sleeping Draught

Sovedrikken (‘The Sleeping Draught’) was the first of Christoph Weyse’s six operas‚ successful at its première in Copenhagen in 1809...

Reviewed in issue 1/2002

Martin (Le) Vin herbé

Scored for 12 voices, piano and string septet, Frank Martin’s setting of the legend of Tristan and Isolde, with its...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 7/2007

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