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Moniuszko: Songs

''The classic master of Polish song'' is how Moniuszko has been desribed by Gerald Abraham (in what is itself a...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1985

Mozart Die Entführung aus dem Serail

Let me begin by looking on the positive side of things. Talvela is a gloriously rotund, relishing Osmin, brandishing his...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1987

Mendelssohn Piano Works

One of the main reasons for the success of this disc is that instead of doggedly ploughing his way through...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 3/2009

Schoenberg Verklärte Nacht; R. Strauss Metamorphosen

There is strong competition for these performances on other CDs. Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic have recorded both works magnificently...

Reviewed in issue 4/1989

Monteverdi Vespers

There is obviously a certain risk involved in issuing a BBC broadcast of 1970: by today’s yardstick, many of the...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 1/1997

Ever After Original Soundtrack

It’s the Cinderella fable’s turn to be given a 1990s make-over. Though the film’s look is in keeping with the...

Reviewed in issue 12/1998

Elgar Solo Piano Works Volume 1

I have always found most moving the set of five Improvisations that Elgar recorded at the piano in 1929, straight...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/2003

Sondheim Road Show

The long gestation of Road Show – formally Wise Guys, Gold and Bounce (which was also recorded by Nonesuch/PS...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 10/2009

Russian Images, Volume 2

This is a recital sombre in mood, Glinka’s splendid ‘Travelling Song’ being virtually the only piece of merriment. Alexander Blok,...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: /2000

Bach Trio Sonatas

A quick glance at this disc and most readers familiar with recent trends in Bach performance will assume that what...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 3/2010

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