Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
The first volume of MDG’s new Liszt organ works series takes as its starting-point Liszt’s abiding interest in the music...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 10/2005
Readers by now will know that I have been enjoying the performances of this ensemble - based in Manchester -...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 13/1999
The opening of Romeo and Juliet is a little subdued; other conductors have made more of this remarkably original introduction...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1989
One of the first classic opera recordings of the LP era here makes a welcome return to the catalogue. As...
Reviewed in issue 6/2001
I can't at the moment think of a more affecting, a more beautifully sung account of that great song, Die...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 1/1994
This is the finest Ockeghem disc available, and there are very few recordings of fifteenth-century polyphony to match it. Ockeghem...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 10/1993
This is one of the most valuable Compact Disc releases so far. Bax's more opulent orchestral music poses difficult problmes...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 1/1984
Sir Charles Mackerras and his Scottish players are working backwards through Mozart’s symphonies. This second volume follows their acclaimed (and...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 4/2010
Bax's long-neglected Cello Concerto is a good example of the way his pieces often have more to them than meets...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 11/1987
Listening to this CD proved both a privilege and a problem. The privilege was in technical delivery that is mostly...
Reviewed in issue 11/1995
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
Lindsay Kemp welcomes a box of Baroque delights from the American conductor
The tabletop ‘music centre’ may be just a distant memory, but where do you start when you want to...
'This is a treasure trove of information, thoroughly recommended'
Tim Parry explores the legacy of Jorge Bolet’s Decca recordings
Rob Cowan on collections devoted to two pianists, a cellist and a composer
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