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Giger Chartres

Here is an hour of pure self-indulgence. Composer/violinist Paul Giger does not try to rationalize about this extraordinary performance, ''Recorded...

Reviewed in issue 8/1989

Schubert Trout Quintet

One could call this Trout pointless and leave it at that. But it seems a damned cheek to dismiss artists...

Reviewed in issue 11/1986

Salute to Percy Grainger

In 1969, when Decca's first ''Salute To Percy Grainger'' appeared, there were not many works by this composer available on...

Reviewed in issue 1/1990

Sviatoslav Richter Un Portrait

There can surely be no doubt as to Richter's current status as elder statesman of the piano world. And collectors...

Reviewed in issue 3/1993

Songs of the Cherubim

“Modern sacred choir music”, proclaims the cover of this disc. A relative term indeed, ‘modern’ – in this case one...

Reviewed in issue 3/1997

Rodion Pogossov - Song Recital

Rodion Pogossov, a young Moscow-born baritone who has already sung small roles at the Metropolitan Opera, has an attractive voice...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/2007

Strauss (Die) Fledermaus

The celebrated 1985 Carlos Kleiber Munich recording has already appeared on DVD, and reappears now in his memory; TDK’s, from...

Reviewed by mscott rohan in issue: 3/2005

Sweelinck French Psalms and Canciones Sacrae

Celebrated in his day as the “Orpheus of Amsterdam”, Sweelinck’s rich and diverse vocal output has been overshadowed somewhat by...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 2/2010

Trumpet Concertos

Wynton Marsalis was born in New Orleans and began his musical career in the world of jazz. He soon made...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 12/1983

American Choral Music

This is a mixed bag of mainstream mid-century American choral music, Randall Thompson—like Virgil Thomson a good Harvard man—has specialized...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 6/1990

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