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Verdi La Traviata

Elizabeth Harwood died far too young in 1990 to the consternation of her many admirers. Although she features, among others,...

Reviewed in issue 3/1999

Mozart Wind Serenades Nos 10 & 12

What is it to be? The Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments, or the Serenade for 12 Wind Instruments and Double...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 13/2009

Mussorgsky Boris Godunov

This classic set is very welcome back in the catalogue. It has always been held in higher esteem than the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1994

Mendelssohn/Brahms Piano Trios

Hard on the heels of (though recorded eight years earlier than) their fine Beethoven trios (EMI, 1/95) comes the Chungs'...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 4/1995

Strauss (Die) Fledermaus

No wonder members of the audience demanded their money back, on the grounds of false prospectus, after enduring this travesty...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 7/2003

Gubaidulina/Ustvolskaya Works for Cello

All the Gubaidulina works on both these discs reveal a knife-edge judgement of the balance between substance and effect, an...

Reviewed in issue 11/1995

Spanish Two Piano Works

A delightful disc which looks like going straight into my end-of-the-year “Critics’ choice” list. Admittedly, it perpetuates the perception of...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 10/1996

Boughton Songs

None of Rutland Boughton’s more than 100 songs is listed in the current catalogue, so this (at very least) breaks...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 10/2005

Nørgård Piano Works

This disc handsomely fills an important gap in the catalogue. Per Norgard may not be the most prolific of composers...

Reviewed in issue 8/1993

Baroque Concertos for Pan-pipes

It is a solid fact that the panpipes existed long before humankind reached its 'baroque' phase, as also that baroque...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 5/1988

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