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Chen (The) Butterfly Lovers Concerto

The Butterfly Lovers Concerto belongs to China’s communist era; the work of students Chen Gang (b1935) and He Zhanho (b1933),...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/2004

Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, Volume 4

One good thing after another; it almost surprises me (who needs no such extra persuasion) to find that a succession...

Reviewed in issue 2/1996

Mozart & Verdi Requiems

Apart from their subject matter these two works make odd bedfellows. However, there is a reason, if a negative one,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1990

Johanna Gadski, Vol 1

Gadski is one of the best and, surprisingly, one of the best-recorded of sopranos in the early years of our...

Reviewed in issue 2/1998

Inghelbrecht conducts Debussy I

Dominique Sordet‚ in his invaluable little book Douze chefs d’orchestre (Fischbacher: 1924)‚ mentions the rages to which Inghelbrecht had once...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Weill Orchestral and Vocal Works

This is, I believe, the fifth recording of Weill's Concerto for violin and wind ensemble, a work composed in 1923-4;...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 8/1992

Britten/Berkeley Works for Tenor and Guitar

One of the most beautiful of records; if the repertoire appeals it will be pretty useless to await a better...

Reviewed in issue 1/1993

Purcell Tis natures Voice

Rene Jacobs has some attractive high notes and an unusually wide range, being able to reach down to notes on...

Reviewed in issue 8/1985

Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Emil Gilels II

I thought I would be mourning the omission of Gilels’s Liszt Sonata from this series, or indeed his Shostakovich Second...

Reviewed in issue 6/1999

Prokofiev/Ravel Piano Works

Despite, or perhaps because of, their completely different characters, Ravel's two piano concertos (both composed between 1929 and 1931) make...

Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 5/1986

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