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Boccherini Cello Concertos; Cello Sonatas

More than the cello concertos – two of which appear here in slimmed-down form – Boccherini’s cello sonatas constantly take...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 3/2006

Mendelssohn Orchestral Works

Even more than I expected, this budget-price CD brings out what a supreme Mendelssohnian Peter Maag is. Many years ago...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1986

Brahms Complete Trios

Though Menahem Pressler occupies the piano stool, collectors should note that the Beaux Arts Trio encountered here is not that...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 8/1993

Schein Israelis Brünnlein

Johann Hermann Schein’s set of Old Testament vignettes, Israelis Brunnlein (“The Fountains of Israel”), comprises 26 sacred madrigals in five...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 3/1997

Vasks String Quartets Nos 2 & 3

I cannot think that there have been many phases in 20th-century music that have more successfully engendered ideas of peace...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2000

Harris Sacred Choral Works

The beauty of choral sound is immediately apparent in these compositions; their other strengths take time and a more energetic...

Reviewed in issue 11/1997

Palestrina Vocal Works

Chanticleer is an all-male, all-adult choir (of 12 singers in the present recording), which means that Palestrina's soprano lines as...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1995

American Works for Brass Quintet

A clutch of America’s most versatile musical luminaries, Bernstein, Tilson Thomas and Previn, are celebrated in Center City Brass’s dazzling...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 1/2005

Rubinstein plays Chopin, Vol.2

More years ago than I choose to remember, browsing through the pages of a children's encyclopaedia, I came across a...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1993

Bach Concertos for 3 and 4 Keyboards

I've never understood why people should be apologetic about enjoying Bach on the piano. All the best musician-pianists, Mozart and...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 6/1984

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