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Boccherini Works for 2 Harpsichords

This is a slightly surprising disc. The repertory for two keyboards from the classical period is small, but Boccherini's music...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 4/1987

Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1

Michael Rabin’s was a talent that even among a plethora of great violinists was something rather special, and we’re lucky...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2009

Eight Seasons

Baroque visits tango, one season becomes another or, as Gidon Kremer himself puts it, 'the globe, being round, implies two...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 5/2000

Rossini Opera Arias

Though Raul Gimenez has been singing on the international circuit for most of the 1980s, I was first conscious of...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 8/1988

Haydn Mass No 14; Te Deum

If you think of Haydn's final Mass as a glowing, even valedictory work, then think again. For Harnoncourt, it seems,...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 2/2000

Bernstein Songs

All the songs on Side 1 are receiving their first performance on record. Most stem from the early years of...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1986

Brahms Viola Sonatas

Viola players have reason to be grateful to Brahms for giving them the chance to perform the two Op 120...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 5/2007

Ning Feng - Solo

The highs and lows of the solo violin repertory are unashamedly showcased here: fortunately, it’s the highs that receive the...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 11/2010

Brahms String Quintets

Here is Brahmsian wine in three distinct vintages, though it would be misleading to suggest that the oldest is also...

Reviewed in issue 12/1996

New Year's Concert 1996

With the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year concert appearing for the first time on the RCA label, it is good to...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/1996

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