Bach Brandenburg Concertos

Considering his vast experience as a Bach conductor, it comes as a surprise to find that Sir John Eliot Gardiner...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 1/2010

Vivaldi Bassoon Concertos

Two previous discs from Philips of Vivaldi bassoon concertos, played by Klaus Thunemann with I Musici, have been giving me...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1996

Tchaikovsky Cello Works

Convenient as it is to have all Tchaikovsky's works for cello and orchestra (and a few more arrangements for the...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 10/1992

Strauss Ariadne on Naxos

The Major-Domo tells us that Ariadne auf Naxos is set in the home of the “richest man in Vienna”. In...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 7/2011

Opera Arias in English, Vol.1

Bits and pieces from operas in translation are not everywhere approved of, but having been brought up on such things...

Reviewed in issue 4/1998

Handel Harpsichord Suites, Vol 1

The two books of harpsichord suites published during Handel’s lifetime, in 1720 and 1733, appeared in London, from the pen...

Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 7/2011

Emma Kirkby Collection

In some musical circles it is still de rigueur to refer to approved female singers by the Christian name. Whether...

Reviewed in issue 9/1987

Beethoven String Quartets

I like the rather slow tempos in the first two movements of the E flat, and I don't think I...

Reviewed in issue 4/1983

Jorge Bolet - Piano Encores

Encores in the concert hall were of two types: stunning, to have the natives gasping; relaxing, after a tornado of...

Reviewed in issue 7/1987

Icon - Fritz Kreisler

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 8/2009