Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
Though using the exterior form of Corelli’s classic baroque sonata da camera form – alternating in tempo slow-fast, slow-fast –...
Reviewed by mquinn in issue: 2/1999
With this four-CD set of the Nocturnes, Mazurkas and Scherzos Naxos completes its bargain reissue of Rubinstein’s 1932-39 HMV Chopin...
Reviewed in issue 6/2001
When a world-famous artist comes to record a very familiar piano work I think it right that a reviewer such...
Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 8/1988
The two ongoing major series of Bach cantatas remind us that there is still much room for new, personal approaches...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 5/2009
Johann Caspar Kerll is one of many composers active at the Viennese court to have been influenced by the Italian...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 9/2000
This recording, featuring Madeleine Milhaud, is of historical importance. The composer’s widow was, of course, younger than he and, as...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 5/1996
The two-piano repertoire is not extensive, so three big new works will be welcome to performers and devotees of the...
Reviewed in issue 12/1996
The 'baroque' guitar was a curious instrument, smaller than today's instrument and having a less pronounced waist, with five pairs...
Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 10/1990
Penderecki's Violin Concerto was first performed by its dedicatee Isaac Stern in 1977, and Stern subsequently recorded it with the...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 3/1988
Vierne's organ symphonies, the Third in particular, have fared singularly well on CD. If you already have Jeremy Filsell, David...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 5/1994
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
Lindsay Kemp welcomes a box of Baroque delights from the American conductor
'This is a treasure trove of information, thoroughly recommended'
The tabletop ‘music centre’ may be just a distant memory, but where do you start when you want to...
Tim Parry explores the legacy of Jorge Bolet’s Decca recordings
Rob Cowan on collections devoted to two pianists, a cellist and a composer
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