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Handel Harpsichord Suites

A splendid disc, imbued with freshness and vitality. Employing three different instruments – a Flemish harpsichord (1652) by Couchet, a...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 5/1997

Alchemist

If I understand Philip Pickett correctly—and a little essay about the background to this record is all we get by...

Reviewed in issue 10/1989

Mahler Symphony No 4

Those readers who warmed to Benjamin Zander’s studio recording of Mahler’s Fifth (7/01) should be happy with the present offering....

Reviewed in issue 13/2001

Michael Haydn Masses and Vespers

The church music of the Salzburg composer Michael Haydn was greatly admired by his contemporaries, but not much of it...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 2/1994

Dr Arne at Vauxhall Gardens

Thomas Arne was for many years the leading figure in music for the London pleasure gardens, particularly the largest and...

Reviewed in issue 5/1988

Grieg/Sibelius Cello Works

Captivating though it is, the success of his 1882 Cello Sonata rather surprised Grieg himself: ''I myself do not rank...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 10/1994

Palestrina & Victoria Sacred Choral Works

A baker’s dozen strong, this mixed choir sing in the manner popularized by such groups as the Tallis Scholars. Singing...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 4/1998

Grieg Works for Piano Duo

A disc of charm and curios, which might satisfy all of the would-be-performer, the scholar or those merely wanting a...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 1/2007

Schubert Lieder-Christine Schäfer

Having won last year’s Solo Vocal Gramophone Award with a disc of Schumann Lieder (Hyperion, 8/96), Schafer here...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1998

Bach Organ Works

Having greatly enjoyed Nicholas Danby's previous foray into Bach for Sony Classical (CBS, 6/90) I was delighted to be sent...

Reviewed in issue 5/1995

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