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Hoddinott Symphonies Nos. 2, 3 and 5

Alun Hoddinott is one of the best and most resourceful of living British symphonists, and the return to the catalogue...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 2/1997

Give us the Wings of Faith

There is so much to enjoy and praise here that it seems perverse to begin with the single major point...

Reviewed in issue 10/1992

Dvorak Symphonies Nos. 8 and 9

Back in the days of Talich and Toscanini‚ collectors might have been forgiven for suspecting that when it came to...

Reviewed in issue 10/2001

Ries String Quartets, Vol 1

‘He imitates me too much’ was Beethoven’s reported verdict on his pupil and amanuensis Ferdinand Ries. He had a point....

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 8/2006

Hummel Violin Concerto

A warm welcome for this latest disc of concertante works by Hummel, superbly played and recorded, particularly since three of...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 13/2004

C.P.E. Bach Cello Concertos

It is not long since I reviewed another recent recording of C. P. E. Bach's three cello concertos. They were...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1992

Jolivet Vocal and Chamber Works

Andre Jolivet often prepared alternative versions of his instrumental works. Chant de Linos (1944) is known in both its original...

Reviewed in issue 8/1995

Hovland Chamber Works

The five works here range from the lively pastoralism of the oboe quintet Cantus VIII (1986) to the kaleidoscopic colours...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 6/2000

Pylkkänen Mare and Her Son

Between the heyday of Madetoja and Merikanto in the 1920s and early ’30s and the breakthrough of Sallinen and Kokkonen...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 13/2005

Weber Chamber Music for Clarinet

The swift following of the original LP version of these excellent performances by Janet Hilton and Keith Swallow, and the...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1985

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