Korngold Orchestral Works

The Korngold revival shows no signs of abating. This ASV issue adds two further titles from his last years (he...

Reviewed in issue 1/2002

Shostakovich Symphony No 8

If the booklet-notes are anything to go by, the conductor identifies this music with the hectic activity of war. So...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 3/2006

Arrangements for Brass

The name of the group, Munich Brass, is not a translation, the notes tell us, Munchner Blech was thought not...

Reviewed in issue 8/1989

Stravinsky Works for String Orchestra

The Guildhall String Ensemble has 11 players: six violins, two each of violas and cellos and a double-bass. How would...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 10/1990

Boccherini String Sextets

Last year Boccherini's string sextets made their debut on CD in the commemorative set issued by Capriccio (5/93); only one...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 6/1994

Lo Sposalizio - The Ceremonial Wedding of Venice to the Sea

Vivid documentation and the close links between Venice’s music and her institutions have led over the years to memorable reconstructions...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 10/1998

Debussy Orchestral Works

For some, the main attraction of Abbado in Lucerne will be the great Italian maestro conducting Debussy at the 2003...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 1/2005

Ravel/Schnittke/Szymanowski - Works for Violin and Piano

The choice of items is certainly intelligent: all four pieces demand virtuoso techniques from both players, but also something more....

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 10/2000

Wagner Tristan und Isolde

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 5/2001

Prokofiev Symphonies

First, the good news. The actual sound of this new Decca issue from Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Cleveland Orchestra of...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 4/1995