Shostakovich: Piano Concertos

At bargain price and with outstandingly clean and natural piano sound on CD this admirable coupling sounds more and more...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 1/1989

Williams, G Orchestral Works

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 6/1995

Mozart/R. Strauss Arias & Lieder

Schafer must now be rated in the royal line of Schwarzkopf, Seefried, Ameling, Popp and most recently Bonney as an...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1998

Puccini Gianni Schicchi

A likeable performance, with a likeable Schicchi at the centre of it. One does not expect Freni still to sound...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1996

Mahler Symphony No 3

In sonic terms this is right up there with Chailly’s Decca-engineered version as the most ear-popping in the current catalogue....

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/2011

Bach Motets

Here are two very different approaches to Bach's motets. Sigiswald Kuijken directs performances with colla parte instrumental support, that...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 5/1993

Hindemith Viola Sonatas

The seven works recorded here leave one in no doubt that Hindemith was the composer for the viola, the instrument...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 10/1988

Scriabin Symphony No 3;Poem of Ecstasy

A few years but a world of musical difference separate these pieces. The Third Symphony’s grand quest for the liberation...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

Walton Facade, etc

It is by no means necessarily a bad idea to use actors with fine and characterful voices for the poems...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 5/1986

Delibes Lakmé

Reversing the usual procedure by which 'highlights' are later extracted from a recording of a complete opera, here we are...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1988