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Penella El Gato Montés

Anyone who was hoping that the present focus on Spain might encourage a recording of a Spanish opera (a genre...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1992

Willie "The Lion" Smith

Sinatra studied the trombone playing of his boss Tommy Dorsey to learn about breath control and long lines, but All...

Reviewed by svoce in issue: 8/1998

Bellini Norma

Sutherland sang Norma for the first time at the age of 36 late in 1963 at Vancouver. She recorded it...

Reviewed in issue 4/1988

Coleridge-Taylor; Harrison Violin Works

Although this is the third version of Coleridge-Taylor’s crowd-pleasing Violin Concerto to have appeared in as many years, it predates...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2007

Russian Romances

As is only to be expected, Ghiaurov's operatic abilities serve him well in the more dramatic of the songs in...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1995

Mozart Piano Trios

A record which will surely be attractive to people with an interest in the historical approach to performing Classical chamber...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 7/1985

Brahms Lieder

With Ludwig on the last lap of her career, Lipovsek bids fair to take her place in many spheres, not...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1993

Early Italian Music

This compilation breaks through the thin wall often erected between the vocal and instrumental musics by focusing recordings on one...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/1986

Guitar Concertos

One might describe Goran Sollscher as 'the thinking man's guitarist': one who does nothing he has not thought through, and...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 6/1990

Haydn The Creation

There is a great deal to be said for English performances of Die Schopfung (''The Creation'') being sung in English,...

Reviewed in issue 2/1989

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