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Mozart Church Sonatas

Mozart’s 17 church sonatas were composed for liturgical use at Salzburg Cathedral between 1772 and 1780. Mozart would have performed...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 7/2006

Edward Bairstow Choral Works

''The Lord is the strength of my countenance'': hearing Bairstow's vigorous setting of the line one thinks of the strength...

Reviewed in issue 6/1993

Mahler Symphony No 4

If Pierre Boulez's Mahler series has had its highs and lows, to what extent are these more properly attributable to...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 5/2000

Beethoven/Haydn/Mozart Lieder

Robert Holl's grave, imposing bass-baritone is most effectively heard here in the more declamatory and dramatic songs, notably Beethoven's Gellert...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 3/2000

Sor Guitar Works

Sor packed a great deal into his 61 years of life: musical studies at Montserrat, army service, politically enforced exile,...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 7/1987

Verdi I Lombardi

At this stage of his career it is good to hear Pavarotti in a new role on disc, even if...

Reviewed in issue 10/1997

Elgar Enigma Variations; Falstaff

The Variations and Falstaff make a good Elgar coupling, both being picturesque and illustrative as well as providing over an...

Reviewed in issue 9/1987

Suppé Overtures

I was brought up on the Halle's Viennese concerts, and it provides a welcome exercise in nostalgia to listen to...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 9/1992

Boccherini & Verdi: String Quartets

Verdi, who always maintained that the proper function of the Italian composer was to write vocal music, produced only one...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/1986

Smetana/Dvorák String Quartets

Choosing between the Alban Berg and Orlando discs depends on whether it's the Dvorak or the Smetana that interests you...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 3/1992

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