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A White Room

The title ‘A White Room’ conjures the uncluttered space of just one piece – one of many – that the...

Reviewed in issue 5/2001

Bennett, RR (The) Mines of Sulphur

The Mines of Sulphur was a Sadler’s Wells commission premiered in 1965. It was a considerable success – I saw...

Reviewed by Peter Dickinson in issue: 10/2005

Beaser Orchestral and Vocal Works

''Anyone educated in the twentieth century knows that to return to the Age of Innocence is but thinly veiled nostalgia'',...

Reviewed in issue 8/1994

Bruckner Symphony No. 3

When Karajan recorded early Bruckner with the Berlin Philharmonic he was inclined to lighten the string tone and secure a...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 2/1997

Puccini Ritrovato

No Bohème, no Tosca, no Turandot – this is definitely not another disc of Puccini’s greatest hits, but a fascinating...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 10/2009

Prokofiev The Fiery Angel

The Fiery Angel is a lurid tale of sexual frustration, sorcery and possession, culminating in an exorcism in a convent....

Reviewed in issue 7/1991

Schubert Piano Works

This compilation from Brendel’s Schubert recordings of the mid 1970s contains early, thoughtful performances of the Impromptus, newly digitalized in...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 1/1996

Opening Concert Berlin 750 Years

By the time Karajan conducted these two celebratory concerts he was already ailing, as you see from his painful progress...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/2004

Respighi Orchestral Works

All these pieces are otherwise available in decent performances, but at this price how could anyone with the slightest weakness...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 11/1995

Balakirev; Mussorgsky; Ravel Piano Works

After a perhaps necessary break (some of his earlier recordings suggested a case of “too much too soon”) Freddy Kempf...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/2008

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