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Berg Vocal Works

A single CD containing all the songs that Berg saw fit to publish would make a satisfying and fascinating collection,...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 8/1993

Mahler Orchestral & Vocal Works

This is a good pairing, since the song-cycle and the symphony are intimately connected thematically and emotionally. It is also...

Reviewed in issue 6/1988

Schubert Kennst du das Land!

The young Dutch soprano Johannette Zomer has a voice of a strikingly individual quality. How to describe it? Perhaps the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/2004

Elgar Symphony No 1

Whatever deficiencies the present-day Halle may have in performing post-1945 music I will leave others to fight over, but where...

Reviewed in issue 1/1992

Nikolaj Znaider - Bravo!

Violin buffs with good memories or sizeable record collections will already know many of these pieces from old 78s. Nikolaj...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 6/2003

Elgar Orchestral Works

Boult in Elgar on CD: the combination is irresistible, particularly when in addition to the symphony—at nearly 50 minutes a...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1986

Beethoven Symphonies

In an age when any recording of Beethoven's Fifth is little more than a blip on an accountant's screen, it...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1995

Mozart Concert Arias

What is one to say about another well-tailored, good-mannered account of these Mozart arias? Though others hear her voice differently,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1986

Lassus 5 Part Motets

Lassus has always been somewhat selectively served on disc, and when this collection was recorded in 1979, it seemed in...

Reviewed in issue 12/1993

Mendelssohn Cello Works

As RL remarked in his review of the LP last September, this Umea Concert Hall recording leans on the dry...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

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