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Feldman Orchestral and Chamber Works

Recordings of Morton Feldman continue to appear, with both these discs worth attention from newcomers to his unique idiom. Increasing...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 3/2001

Albeniz Pepita Jiménez

Than this more strange they scarce do come. That homely sentiment, with syntax influenced by the extraordinary English libretto, might...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/2006

Dohnányi Works for Cello

Dohnanyi was a master of musical half-smiles and the quizzical opening to the theme-and- variations finale of his Cello Sonata...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 4/2000

Martin Cornet

After finishing work on Le vin herbe in 1942, Martin cast around for a text to serve as the basis...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 10/1988

Liszt Piano Works

With so many piano recitals by the talented and the also-ran finding their way on to the market these days,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2004

Carolyn Watkinson recital

What a difference a recital record makes to a singer's identity. Carolyn Watkinson has for several years now played a...

Reviewed by jswain in issue: 8/1983

Verdi Opera Choruses

This was Abbado's first recording with the company of La Scala after he had taken over as Music Director, and...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/1985

Monteverdi L'Incoranzione di Poppea

Monteverdi's last and finest opera, L'incoronazione di Poppea, continues both to puzzle and fascinate. The story itself, familiar from the...

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 5/1990

Duruflé Requiem

Disappointment that this recording uses the version of the Requiem with organ-only accompaniment (with the addition in the “Pie Jesu”...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 8/2009

Telemann Four Quadri

Telemann's ''Paris Quartets'' are confusing to sort out. In about 1730 he published in Hamburg six Quadri for flute, violin,...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/1989

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