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Pavel Pabst Opera and Ballet Paraphrases

Pavel Pabst (1854-97, his name is often anglicized to Paul Pabst) did not achieve the fame of his pianistic colleagues...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 6/1997

Natalie Dessay - (The) Miracle of the Voice

In the season of celebration a critic may lead the revels or cast a shadow like the uninvited wedding-guest. In...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 2/2007

Bach: Toccata and Fugue

The organ of the Grote Kerk was built in 1730-2 by Rudolph Garrels, a pupil of Arp Schnitger, and it...

Reviewed in issue 7/1984

Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor

Sutherland's first Lucia has always had its admirers. But I must say I found myself disappointed on several grounds at...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1989

Mozart Sacred Works

The use of all-male voices, and in fairly small numbers, gives these performances a special kind of authenticity no doubt....

Reviewed in issue 8/1984

Cresswell (The) Voice Inside

Now in his sixties and long resident in the UK, Lyell Cresswell has retained strong links with his native New...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 3/2010

Massenet Manon

Although this set never had the cachet of the Werther which has recently won a Gramophone Award in the Historical...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1990

Mendelssohn; Schubert; Strauss, R Lieder

By the time Gruberová first appeared at the Salzburg Festival in 1980, at 34, she had already established herself as...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/2005

Zender Music to hear

This is the third disc of Zender’s music I have reviewed in these pages, and the voice features prominently in...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 2/2003

Telemann Paris Quartets

The title ‘Paris Quartets’ is a little misleading in the context of the pieces on this disc. The two Sonatas,...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1999

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