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Review of Bach Organ Works

Bach Organ Works

With 47 pages of detailed information (in four languages) on the music, the performer and the instrument, the booklet with...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 10/1999

Review of Neuwirth Chamber Works

Neuwirth Chamber Works

It is good to catch up at last with Olga Neuwirth’s chamber output. This new Kairos disc features works from...

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 10/2005

Review of Verdi Il trovatore, etc

Verdi Il trovatore, etc

Gradually recordings of the whole 1939 season at Covent Garden are becoming available on disc. This one is invaluable for...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1994

Review of Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies

Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies

Fischer’s idiomatic foray into this well-worn repertoire is distinguished by tonal lustre and high spirits, with the authentic gipsy violin...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 7/1998

Review of Chopin Scherzi & other Piano Works

Chopin Scherzi & other Piano Works

Whatever your feeling about Nikolai Demidenko's musical judgement, this Chopin recital leaves no doubt as to his exceptional fingers. Besides...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 1/1992

Review of Handel: Orchestral Works

Handel: Orchestral Works

With this latest anthology of concertos by (and perhaps by) Handel, Trevor Pinnock and The English Concert must be approaching...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 11/1985

Review of Pavarotti - Donizetti

Pavarotti - Donizetti

This Donizetti CD recital matches the similar collection of excerpts from Pavarotti's Verdi recordings reviewed last June (Decca CD 417...

Reviewed in issue 12/1987

Review of Bartók Orchestral Works

Bartók Orchestral Works

Not generally being a fan of “Suites from ...”, I was surprised at just how much I enjoyed Jukka-Pekka Saraste’s...

Reviewed in issue 10/1998

Review of Dame Janet Baker - Song Recital

Dame Janet Baker - Song Recital

A great joy from beginning to end, especially the beginning in fact (Berlioz's ''Villanelle'', an eager performance of a perfect...

Reviewed in issue 9/1985

Review of Beethoven Eroica Symphony; Schumann Manfred Overture

Beethoven Eroica Symphony; Schumann Manfred Overture

The 1979 Eroica is a monument, no question about that. It’s one of the most imposing things in Giulini’s discography....

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 8/1996


 

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