Search the Reviews Database

Mathé plays Kreisler

Musical priorities here are the Viennese Rhapsody Fantasietta and Cavatina, both original compositions and strongly reminiscent of the lush harmonic...

Reviewed in issue 4/1997

Rubbra Vocal & Orchestral Works

With their by now customary enterprise where British music is concerned, Virgin Classics have reached the music of Edmund Rubbra,...

Reviewed in issue 12/1989

John Lambert Solos and Ensembles

John Lambert (1926-95) is best known as the teacher of several prominent British composers, including Oliver Knussen and Mark-Anthony Turnage....

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 3/1996

Arne Trio Sonatas Nos 1-7

Thomas Arne’s inspiration ran highest when there were words to trigger him off: his best songs are in a class...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001

Martinu Complete Music for Violin & Orchestra, Vol 2

After the previous issue of Martin?’s double concertos (11/07), Matou?ek, Hogwood and Hyperion here focus on those for violin with...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 3/2008

Still/Dawson/Ellington Orchestral Works

Neeme Jarvi and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra have already given us William Grant Still's First Symphony on a previous instalment...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/1994

Bach Violin Sonatas BWV1014-19

Following his successful recordings of the Bach concertos and solo violin music, Richard Tognetti brings his distinctive approach to the...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 13/2007

Britten Albert Herring

In reviewing the new Chandos set last month, I intimated that the Bedford recording was due for imminent reissue on...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/2003

Mahler Symphony No 8

Rafael Kubelik’s fresh and invigorating version of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony has its admirers. Like Haitink’s recently reissued account (Philips, 1/96),...

Reviewed in issue 2/1996

Dufay Mass for St Anthony; Binchois Motets

There is something of a growth industry in the recording of 15th-century Mass cycles attributed to Dufay. Scholars have been...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 9/2005

---

 

Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews

Gramophone Guides

---

---

---

---

---

---