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Kodály: Choral Music

By a misfortune of timing, the Regent Chamber Choir's performance of Kodaly's Missa brevis, conducted and accompanied by two former...

Reviewed in issue 5/1989

Turnage Orchestral Works

This is a stunning collection, even more convincing proof than the recent recording of his opera Greek (Argo, 7/94) that...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1994

Homage to Maria Callas

It seems EMI are unafraid of inviting comparisons. Not only is the title of this disc ‘Homage to Maria Callas’...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 1/2012

Vaughan Williams Symphonies

In large-scale choral repertory Sir Malcolm Sargent had few peers and the present 1965 performance of VW’s A Sea Symphony...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/1996

Clara Schumann: Piano Works

When first issued in 1985, this tribute to Clara Schumann was a two-LP set, also including her splendid G minor...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1988

Liszt Piano Works

No prizes for predicting that this Liszt B minor Sonata is technically flawless and beautifully structured. What may come as...

Reviewed in issue 7/1990

Liszt Piano Works, Vol.26

Liszt was 22 when writing the three Apparitions with which these two discs end, pieces now acknowledged as marking his...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 7/1994

Schubert Lieder

A bland recital, this. If there is happiness, it is of an habitual, day-to-day sort (your favourite table at the...

Reviewed in issue 8/1993

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major Op 15; Bagatelles Op 126

Beethoven first made his name in Vienna after his arrival there in 1792 as an improvising pianist, a feared adversary...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 6/2008

Handel: Orchestral works

The Royal Philharmonic are the first UK orchestra to promote their own records rather than getting outside sponsorship, and one...

Reviewed in issue 6/1986

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