Wolf Lieder

An incomplete tape of this recital from the 1953 Salzburg Festival first surfaced and was released by EMI in 1969....

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 4/2001

Mahler Symphony No 6

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 10/2003

Britten Piano Concerto Op 13; Ireland Piano Concerto in E flat

How encouraging that John Ireland’s Concerto, premiered at the Proms in 1930, recorded by Eileen Joyce and popular right through...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 9/2007

Bach Flute Sonatas

Choosing what to include on a Bach flute sonatas disc is half the work of making one, as is shown...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 8/2003

Monteverdi Eighth Book of Madrigals, Vol 2

The graphic realism and dramatic subtlety of both these expanded madrigals are given the most incandescent and powerful readings imaginable...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/1998

Sibelius Essential Classics

Two eminently serviceable readings of the Second Symphony to join the 30 or more already in the catalogue. Both are...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1994

Falla Ballet & Orchestral Works

Playing and recording that almost completely belie the disc’s price category. The ‘almost’ is Leaper needing to let himself go...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/1998

Beethoven Piano Sonatas

Late Beethoven is not for young players, so we’re told; far better to wean yourself on the early works and...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 5/1996

Couperin Concerts Royaux

Couperin's Concerts royaux were published in 1722 when they were printed on two staves in the manner of keyboard compositions;...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1986

Bach Violin Concertos

These are superlative performances, better even than those by Szeryng on the rival Philips disc. There is not only the...

Reviewed in issue 9/1983