Holst Planets

Here's a Planets crammed full of interpretative incident, superbly played by a legendary orchestra which had never previously set eyes...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/2000

Mahler Symphony No 5

For those of us weaned on the 'old school' of Mahler conducting—as advocated by Walter, Barbirolli Bernstein, Tennstedt and their...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 6/1989

Bach Viola da gamba Sonatas

The cello has more than once acted as locum for the viola da gamba in these sonatas, now it is...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 1/1995

R. Strauss Als sprach Zarathustra; Festliches Präludium

Zarathustra has usually fared well in recordings, and of course it is a score that might have been designed with...

Reviewed in issue 8/1988

(The) Fauré Album

In a note on this ‘Fauré Album’ – as attractive a compilation as one could imagine – violinist Gil Shaham...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/2004

Wagner Die Walküre- Act 3

I regret that I found little joy in re-acquainting myself with this performance, which was rather in the nature of...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1991

Mozart & his Contemporaries

Many in the nineteenth century rated Cimarosa at least as highly as Mozart and one can hear why in the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 12/1995

Stravinsky Jeu de Cartes; Danses Concertantes; Scènes de Ballet

This collection of Stravinsky’s later ballets represents the composer in lighter mood, making a delightful sequence, very well played and...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 2/2008

Wuorinen The Winds

If, among American composers, you find Babbitt or Carter too arid and Corigliano or Harbison too soft-centred, try Charles Wuorinen....

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 11/1997

Lachenmann (Das) Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern, '(The) Little Match-Girl'

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 8/2002