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Beethoven Christus am Oelberge; Mass in C, Op 86

The coupling, apt in one way, could be misleading in another. The sequence of opus numbers (85 and 86) would...

Reviewed in issue 11/1994

Goossens Family Collection

It is sad that this touching tribute to Leon Goossens, a superstar among oboists long before the term was invented,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2000

Berlioz Symphonies

It all rather depends on your pocket. If you want medium-price, medium quality versions of three of Berlioz's major works—Romeo...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1993

MacMillan - Choral Works

A product of Oxbridge and London’s Guildhall School of Music (and a former member of King’s College Choir), Marcus Creed...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2009

Jeux d'Enfants

The famous opening Charpentier Te Deum Fanfare sounds a bit thin - it ideally needs period instruments, but the Bizet...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/2000

New Year's Concert 2004

Whether it’s one’s first New Year Concert or 50th, there’s still something magical about the annual transmission from Vienna. It...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 3/2004

Telemann Cantatas for Alto

Only last month I welcomed a Capriccio disc of cantatas and songs by Telemann sung by Rene Jacobs. The programme...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 12/1992

Birtwistle Refrains and Choruses

This satisfying compilation spans more than 40 years of Birtwistle‚ from a piano piece written in his mid­teens (Oockooing Bird)...

Reviewed in issue 11/2001

Børresen Symphonies 2 & 3

For their recordings of these works (2/98) DaCapo used a Danish orchestra and Welsh conductor (Arwel Hughes); here we have...

Reviewed in issue 4/1999

Bellini Norma

Callas's debut at Mexico City in the first performance of her Norma to have survived on records is every bit...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 5/2000

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