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Brahms, arr Joachim Hungarian Dances etc

There was a time when Brahms’s Hungarian Dances (or at least a good half-dozen of them) were rarely absent from...

Reviewed in issue 3/1996

Telemann Der Tod Jesu

Like Handel, indeed, perhaps as a result of their friendship, Telemann took a renewed interest in oratorio during the late...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1998

Bach St John Passion

This “live” recording will gladden the heart of anyone who is weary of the small-scale, one-to-a-part performances that have become...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: 6/2011

Ponchielli La gioconda

Once again a new set is faced with much-admired competition, once again, in spite of considerable merits, it fails to...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1990

Rossini Salotto, Vol 13

For its 13th volume (which I hope does not presage its demise) the series comes home to sup with the...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/2009

Eleanor Steber Collection, Volume 1

Just a very little of my old feeling that Steber was a superb singing-machine remains after hearing this disc. Throughout...

Reviewed in issue 11/1995

Berlioz & Ravel Choral Works

The legion of Jessye Norman fans will want to have her and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's versions of Nuits d'ete,...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1985

Mozart: Lieder

I enjoyed this Mozart recital much more than the recent Richard Strauss record from the same singer (ETC1028, 7/85). Her...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1986

Leonard Bernstein - The Early Years II

Fairly typical Bernstein, this, but not a Philharmonia that you would recognize from RCA's lifeless recording. The Ravel Concerto has...

Reviewed in issue 7/1994

Haydn String Quartets Op.76 Nos 4,5 & 6

It is good that ASV have followed up The Lindsays’ superb disc of the first three quartets of Op 76...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/2000

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