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Coates Orchestral Miniatures

The title of these pieces won’t ring much of a bell with any but the most avid Coates fans. Indeed...

Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 8/1997

Ezio Pinza (1892-1957) - I

These are the ‘classic’ Pinza recordings, the Victors of 1927 to 1930. He had recently joined the Metropolitan after invaluable...

Reviewed in issue 3/1992

Mozart: Idomeneo

It may be hard for younger readers to realize that when this set first appeared way back in 1957, Idomeneo...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1991

American Baroque

Compared with his vast output in other forms Telemann's quartet legacy is small. Nevertheless, some 30 or so are known...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 1/1992

Chopin & Schumann Piano Works

Perhaps the best way of 'placing' Susanne Grutzmann is to say she's the opposite of the impulsive, inflammable Argerich. A...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1991

Mendelssohn Octet; String Symphony No 10

As the greatest work ever composed by a 16-year-old, Mendelssohn’s Octet is always welcome on disc, and London Concertante here...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/2008

Schubert: Lieder

This is the kind of disc that makes me leap to my word-processor to try to convey the pleasure I...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1991

Lucier Ever Present

Each one of these works from the instinctively experimental mindset of American composer Alvin Lucier begins with an embryonic concept...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 11/2007

Berlioz (Les) Troyens

This production can only have been more fun in the theatre than it is here. Virgil’s 2000-year-old Aeneid may be...

Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 10/2011

Beethoven String Quartets, Vol.1

I doubt whether quartet playing comes much better than in this Tokyo set of the Op. 18. Their set of...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 9/1993

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