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Mahler Symphony No 1

Halasz's Mahler is of the straightforward, self-effacing variety, without grandiloquent gestures or huge weight of sonority. His intentions are probably...

Reviewed in issue 4/1995

Britten Billy Budd

Let us leave comparisons till the morning. They may make a difference, but tonight (writing after a continuous and deeply...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 11/2008

Forqueray Pièces de viole

These performances by Jordi Savall do surprise one. To his palette of bright and exotic colours he has added delicate...

Reviewed in issue 10/1989

Mahler Symphony No 10

Newly available on a single CD, Rattle's superb interpretation now sweeps the board. Tempos are unfailingly appropriate, broader than Ormandy's...

Reviewed in issue 5/1992

Gibbons Complete Keyboard Works

Thoughtful performances of “historical” keyboard music on the piano are increasingly heard, admired and changing attitudes, not least among those...

Reviewed by Julie Anne Sadie in issue: 11/2007

Elgar Orchestral Works

Every performance of the Cello Concerto has its individual character different shades of the same regret, melancholy and nostalgia. Alexander...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 4/1993

Elsie Suddaby (1893-1980) - Volume 1

Elsie Suddaby (1893-1980) was a close contemporary of Isobel Baillie and Dora Labbette. All three sopranos were stalwarts of the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1996

Schumann Symphony No 2;Manfred Overture;Konzertstück

I can’t remember when mind, heart and senses were so engaged by a Schumann orchestral disc: a disc that cares...

Reviewed in issue 1/1998

Delius/Elgar Violin Concertos

As a stereo supplement to the 16-year-old Menuhin's miraculous 1932 recording with the composer, this 1965-6 account of the Elgar...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 2/1994

Virtuoso Baroque

There can be little doubt that if any recorder player has the right to give their CD the title ‘Virtuoso...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 1/2012

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