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Tye: Sacred Choral Works

Christopher Tye is best known through his Latin church music, but this represents only one side of his artistic career....

Reviewed by Iain Fenlon in issue: 4/1983

Handel Fernando, re di Castiglia

Fernando is the abandoned first draft of Handel’s opera Sosarme (performed at the King’s Theatre in February 1732). We do...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 4/2007

Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works

This Tempest is Shakespeare's, as opposed to Ostrovsky's, for which Tchaikovsky composed his overture of that name (Op. 76). Composed...

Reviewed in issue 8/1989

Haydn: Divertimentos

There are more than 30 authentic divertimentos by Haydn for middle-size ensemble, which are almost wholly unfamiliar even in these...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 4/1988

Haydn Keyboard Concertos

Ronald Brautigam’s view of Haydn has undergone a change. These performances of the concertos are at a remove from his...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 7/2005

Vivaldi (Il) Giustino

No‚ it isn’t a misprint. There really is a difference of two hours and more between these two new recordings...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Benevolo Missa Azzolina; Vocal Works

Benevolo is one of those composers who fills a gap in the history books: he succeeded his master Ugolini as...

Reviewed in issue 1/1997

Beethoven Edition, Vol.17 - Folksong Arrangements

If up to now the reader has enjoyed Beethoven’s folk-song arrangements in small doses but rather fancies that seven CDs...

Reviewed in issue 13/1997

Schumann Piano Works

When preparing a BBC ''Building a Library'' survey of Schumann's Fantasie in C major way back in 1980, I was...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/1991

Transformations

Full marks to the 23-year-old violinist Roman Mints for devoting his debut disc to contemporary music. Full marks, too, to...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 9/1999

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