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Mendelssohn Organ Works

In some ways, Mendelssohn may be classed with his 'romantic' nineteenth-century colleagues, for to take just one area of his...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 5/1992

Ron Goodwin Orchestral Works

The two most widely known items here will be the themes from 633 Squadron and The Trap – the former...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 2/1997

Reimann Melusine

I admire Aribert Reimann but nothing would persuade me that, as these booklet-notes declare, his 1971 Melusine is “one of...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 4/2011

Fauré Mélodies

The recital follows Faure's progress as a song-writer from the 16-year-old boy in his school hall ''amid smells...

Reviewed in issue 1/1994

Lamond Orchestral Works

These days, Glasgow-born Frederic Lamond (1868-1948) is most likely to be remembered (if at all) as a concert pianist and,...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 5/2004

Vivaldi Catone in Utica

Vivaldi composed Catone in Utica, to a libretto by Metastasio, for Verona in 1737. It seems, at least according to...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 11/2002

Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors

It seems astonishing that an opera so universally popular has been so badly served on record. Amahl and the Night...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 3/2009

Haydn in London

Some of Haydn’s most charming and relaxed music is to be found in his piano trios, many of them composed...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 1/2010

Visions from the Book

Sequentia’s all-male ensemble, Sons of Thunder, and their original three-member group have together produced this entertaining programme of biblical lais....

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 10/1996

Schubert Lieder

Souzay, in addition to his sovereign performances of melodies, sang Schubert with almost as much authority, but in this field...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1993

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