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Angela Gheorghiu Arias

Here is a recital that begins in enchantment and ends in something a little less. That might be taken to...

Reviewed in issue 6/1996

Bloch Schelomo. Migun. Israël.

You would need to be either congenitally insensitive or politically desensitised not to appreciate the symbolic significance of an Israel...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 3/2000

Klami Orchestral Works

Uuno Klami maintains a peripheral foothold in the catalogue, and an even more precarious position in the concert-hall. His Violin...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1994

Haydn Nelsonmesse; Theresienmesse

Two late Haydn Masses on one CD is a tempting proposition. And the performances have many of the virtues familiar...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/1997

Haydn (Die) Schöpfung

In its latest, budget-priced incarnation, Armin Jordan's 1982 Creation is certainly a worthwhile proposition. Its outstanding attractions are the spruce,...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 2/1995

Beethoven Symphony 6/Schubert Symphony 8

Andre Cluytens (1905-67) was never an especially individual interpreter of the music he conducted, but he understood how the old...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 7/2000

Beach Piano Works, Vol. 2

A charming collection, embracing such stylistically diverse offerings as the sparkling Valse-Caprice from 1889 (with which the 21-year-old composer-pianist first...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/1998

Boccherini: Cello Concertos & Symphonies

Tafelmusik are a Canadian period-instrument group who bring plenty of spirit and enthusiasm to their performances. I have chiefly heard...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/1990

Byrd Virginals & Consorts

This is technically superb and musically distinctive. Skip Sempe and his musicians grab hold of each piece and play it...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 9/1997

Cresswell Anake

Getting on for 10 years ago (12/92)‚ I thought that Lyell Cresswell’s music would benefit from ‘a more modern faith...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

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