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Works for Bass Clarinet & Piano

Charm is a rare quality in Hindemith, but the opening movement of his Sonata certainly has it, and in the...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 3/2000

Mahler Symphony No 6

Inbal's Mahler cycle now reaches one of the high peaks of the range. Just before I received this recording for...

Reviewed in issue 4/1987

Chansons a Plaisir

Adrian Le Roy’s publishing career coincided with the golden age of the French Renaissance in literature, which was also a...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 8/2008

Stockhausen Gruppen & Kurtàg Stele etc

Experiencing Stockhausen’s Gruppen in the concert-hall – or on television, as in Channel 4’s film of the 1996 CBSO performance...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 3/1997

Myaskovsky Symphonies Nos 24 and 25

The Myaskovsky revival continues with this welcome pairing: both scores are eminently accessible, a bonus for less committed listeners, while...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 10/2003

Dvorák Symphony No 9; Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Overture

It is good to be reminded that the Royal Concertgebouw is not the only fine orchestra in Holland. The Netherlands...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/2004

Vivaldi Oboe Concertos

This delightful miscellany of concertos by Vivaldi for one and two oboes—in a single instance, here, they are joined by...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 7/1993

Berlioz Nuits d'été; Ravel (5) Greek Songs

Les nuits d’été has been recorded by many female singers, but by few men. This is the first by a...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/2004

Halévy (La) Juive

This recording of a once-popular opera, now neglected, is a landmark on several fronts. No commercial recording of the complete...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/1989

Feo Missa; Confitebor

Francesco Feo (1691-1761) was praised by later 18th-century music historians: Burney regarded him as “one of the greatest Neapolitan masters...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 9/2009

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