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English Nat Opera North Chorus recital

The divide 'twixt soft south and rugged north grows wider daily; so, at least, we are told, and so, having...

Reviewed in issue 12/1985

Gilels plays Beethoven

Poet and virtuoso in more or less equal proportions, Emil Gilels was one of the century’s greatest Beethoven interpreters. His...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 4/1997

Borodin Symphonies

To have all three symphonies on a single CD is very convenient. Borodin made it possible by leaving No. 3...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1990

Messiaen Orchestral Works

Boulez spoke, in his conversation with SP in last month's issue, of his pleasure at performing Messiaen with an orchestra...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/1995

The Mengelberg Legacy

A four-disc set of live Mengelberg performances, some previously unissued, would seem an enticing prospect for admirers of the great...

Reviewed in issue 7/1994

Elgar Orchestral Works

No sooner had I written the review of the Judd disc (see below) than along comes yet another recording of...

Reviewed in issue 1/1992

Rameau Pygmalion

Rameau's Pigmalion, an acte de ballet, enjoyed immense popularity in the composer's lifetime; and it seems to be among his...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 10/1993

Beethoven: Fidelio

I became more and more convinced that the greatest performances of Fidelio on disc are those that have been caught...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 5/1991

Rorem Songs

Seventeen of these 32 songs are not otherwise available on disc‚ and they include some of Ned Rorem’s finest and...

Reviewed in issue 1/2002

Caruso in Song

''And what is the great man singing now?'' they used to ask when yet another Caruso record was brought into...

Reviewed in issue 12/1990

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