Saint-Saëns; Ysaÿe Rare Transcriptions for Violin and Piano

Reviewed by rnichols in issue: 12/2002

Chopin: Preludes & Impromptus

Whereas Pollini (DG) plays only the 24 Preludes of Op. 28, Ashkenazy includes two more—in C sharp minor, Op. 45...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1987

Verdi Simon Boccanegra

This is a video of a new production by del Monaco at the Metropolitan in November 1995. It was at...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1998

Ravel L'enfant et les sortilèges.

This has been quite a year for the Child with the knife, taught a lesson by the victims of his...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 12/1995

Spohr Violin and Harp Chamber Works

In 1805 Spohr, just 30 and already established as a violin virtuoso, took up a post in Gotha, where he...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/2010

Haydn Piano Trios Vol. 1

Over a decade ago, Susan Tomes said, “I don’t think recording is compatible with being musically profound”. Might it have...

Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 4/2009

Loewe Lieder und Balladen, Vol. 4

The ambitious enterprise of recording all Loewe’s songs and ballads continues with volumes selected from different areas and given to...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1997

Mahler Symphony No. 6; Berg Orchestral Works

Mahler’s Sixth has fared well on disc in recent years‚ but that is not to say that Michael Gielen has...

Reviewed in issue 4/2002

Handel Susanna

Though rather different in character from the only previous recording of Susanna, and on the whole more traditional, this new...

Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: /2000

Beethoven Triple Concertos; Choral Fantasy

Recorded at concerts in the Philharmonie in Berlin on consecutive days in February 1995, with Barenboim directing from the keyboard,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 5/2003