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Boccherini: Symphonies

The key of A major was often a particularly sunny one for composers of the classical era; the sound of...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 9/1987

Bacewicz Piano Sonata No 2; Piano Quintets Nos 1 and 2

“A lot happens in my music,” Bacewicz is quoted as saying. “It’s aggressive and at the same time lyrical.” That,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 6/2011

Rubbra String Quartets

Edmund Rubbra’s four quartets cover an even longer period of his creative career than the symphonies: the first version of...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 5/1996

Schubert Piano Trio No. 1, D898

Something to do with national temperaments, I suppose, but to my way of thinking the Borodin Trio, excellent team as...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1984

Lecuona - Piano Works, Volume 2

Cristiana Pegoraro’s present selection of two dozen short pieces includes a number of attractive arrangements of Cuban dances – often...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 3/1999

Falla Atlàntida

When Falla died in 1946, a week before his seventieth birthday, he left, in total confusion, a great mass of...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 7/1993

Satie Piano Works

Satie seems to be definitely Flavour of the Month, and it is intriguing to think of the two French pianists...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 5/1989

Tchaikovsky Mazeppa

As David Nice observed in his review of the rival DG set, the fascination of Mazeppa lies in the way...

Reviewed in issue 7/1998

Goehr Orchestral Works

The appalling absence of Alexander Goehr's music from the catalogue make this Unicorn-Kanchana reissue all the more desirable and welcome....

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 7/1991

Weber Concertos & Overtures

Scott Ross's set of the six Bach Partitas is eminently vital, and was very well received when it first appeared....

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 1/2000

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