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Mendelssohn Piano Trios

It seems to be the year for Mendelssohn trios: the fine Florestan recording set the level, followed by the recent...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2006

R. Strauss Tone Poems

This Schiff/Masur performance of Don Quixote deserves comparison only with the best, which among others includes the various Fournier performances...

Reviewed in issue 7/1991

Ives American Journey (An)

It’s hard to talk about Ives. It’s harder to explain him‚ impossible to categorise him‚ foolish to analyse him. Best...

Reviewed in issue 4/2002

Dvorák Serenades, Opp. 22 & 44

The one thing nobody wants in a performance of Dvorak's music is a coldly correct interpretation. The warmth must be...

Reviewed in issue 9/1986

Elgar Symphony No 2; Enigma Variations

Between 1972 and 1980, Sir Georg Solti set down a number of hugely stimulating Elgar recordings for Decca; indeed, his...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/2011

Bach Brandenburg Concertos

The Brandenburg Concertos are such a diverse collection, and at the same time such a familiar one, that it is...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 6/2009

Verdi Falstaff

By all accounts the performances in May this year at the Barbican were among the most enjoyable of their kind...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/2004

Balakirev Symphony No 2; Russia

Balakirev's Second Symphony has never matched his First in popularity, and is indeed not so fine a work; but there...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1994

Ysaÿe Violin Sonatas

It surprises me that interpretations of the Ysaÿe Sonatas show such wide diversities, when the composer indicated the details of...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 9/2010

Beethoven String Quartets, Vol.1

The New Budapest Quartet were formed in 1971 and it was not long before they had collected a number of...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 7/1990

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