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Clavichord Recital

Here is another of Gustav Leonhardt's mixed programmes but this one, unlike the earlier European grand tour ((CD) 426 352-2PH,...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1990

Cage;Ligeti;Messiaen;Takemitsu Musica Ricercata

Alberto Rosado showcases some of the most significant modern composers in this well-considered programme. Inevitably he’s up against fierce competition,...

Reviewed by bwitherden in issue: 11/2002

Schumann Piano Trios

I had always thought of Schumann’s First Piano Trio as his finest chamber work after the Piano Quintet, but the...

Reviewed in issue 3/1999

Works for Piano and Orchestra

The generously-filled John Ogdon reissue will be welcomed by his friends—and no doubt by many others too since the Grieg...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 11/1990

Ampico Piano Roll - Josef Lhévinne, Vol. 3

To get the best impression of Lhevinne's superb pianism, I advise starting with Side 2 of this record. On it,...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 9/1985

Purcell Dido & Aeneas

Another opera, lasting less than an hour, which swings so effortlessly from gently concordant characterisation to the depths of human...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 2/2004

Spring Music

As RL has pointed out in these pages before (7/88, 8/94), the Finnish composer Uuno Klami (1900-61) escaped the overbearing...

Reviewed in issue 12/1994

Blow Venus and Adonis

Philip Pickett's recent recordings have reflected an increased interest in under-represented masterpieces of the seventeenth century, though not, thankfully, at...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 7/1994

Fauré Piano Quintets Nos 1 and 2

These sensitive, strong, and finely integrated performances directly challenge Domus’s Gramophone Award-winning recording. Firstly, CPO’s sound and balance...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1997

Couperin, A-L Pièces de clavecin

The New Grove Dictionary has entries on 10 musically active members of the Couperin dynasty, of whom Armand-Louis is, chronologically...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 7/2005

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