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R. Strauss Alpine Symphony

The Alpine Symphony has taken a lot of critical stick over the years but has survived displeasure as all good...

Reviewed in issue 4/1986

Tippett Symphonies

I hope it will not be too long before we have new CD versions of Tippett's symphonies by one orchestra...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 7/1990

Liszt Piano Works

In putting this agreeable recital together Paul Crossley was apparently asked to concentrate on the lyrical side of Liszt's piano...

Reviewed in issue 2/1984

Liszt Works for Piano and Orchestra

There was a great deal of excitement in piano circles when EMI's world premiere recording of a “lost concerto by...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 3/2007

Rimsky-Korsakov Sadko

This is a superb offering, indicative of the high standards now obtaining at the Kirov. Its director Gergiev determined to...

Reviewed in issue 7/1995

Morales Missa pro defunctis

Hesperion XX's series of recordings for the Sociedad Estatal Quinto Centenario (the body founded in 1992 to commemorate 'Columbus' year)...

Reviewed by Tess Knighton in issue: 10/1993

Child Psalms

Remembered principally (or exclusively) for his verse-anthem “at the Restauration”, O Lord, grant the King a long life, Dr William...

Reviewed in issue 10/1998

Purcell Odes for Queen Mary

Purcell is doing spectacularly well at the moment. As the tercentenary of his death approaches, more and more musicians are...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 6/1993

Wolpe in Jerusalem

Maverick modernist Stefan Wolpe (1902-72) has, at the very least, an impressive walk-on part in 20th-century music. Befriended by Busoni...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 9/2006

Bruckner Te Deum. Mozart Requiem

Though the Mozart Requiem and the name of Rudolf Kempe associated with it will probably be the main selling attractions...

Reviewed in issue 10/1994

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