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Review of Copland: Orchestral Works

Copland: Orchestral Works

Bernstein plays this symphony as though burningly intent on convincing every listener that it is a masterpiece, Mata as though...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 3/1987

Review of Debussy Orchestral Works, Vol 5

Debussy Orchestral Works, Vol 5

Debussy was fortunate in having friends around him who were so thoroughly steeped in his style as to be able...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 7/2011

Review of Moniuszko Paria

Moniuszko Paria

Paria (“The Pariah”, completed in 1869) was the last of Moniuszko’s six operas and he had high hopes for...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 7/2009

Review of Schumann Manfred

Schumann Manfred

How splendid to have this deeply moving Manfred on CD at last. ''I never devoted myself to any composition with...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 9/1991

Review of Tüür Orchestral Works

Tüür Orchestral Works

For some years now Erkki-Sven Tüür has been routinely described as the leading Estonian composer. With this disc he not...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 9/2003

Review of Ibert Orchestral Works

Ibert Orchestral Works

Only three works here are currently in the catalogue, namely Escales, the Flute Concerto and Paris, and this enterprising disc...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 6/1994

Review of Arensky/Glinka Piano Trios

Arensky/Glinka Piano Trios

For anyone interested in Glinka's Trio, choice here is simple. The new Borodin Trio performance is greatly superior to the...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/1987

Review of Ockeghem Masses

Ockeghem Masses

Approaching the end of what will surely become a classic series of Ockeghem’s entire sacred music, The Clerks’ Group here...

Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 6/1999

Review of Ignaz Friedmann plays Chopin, Liszt & Mendelssohn

Ignaz Friedmann plays Chopin, Liszt & Mendelssohn

If many modern pianists can be dismissed with damning brevity, Ignaz Friedman’s elegance and aplomb demand a book rather than...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/1999

Review of Debussy Piano Works, Volume 3

Debussy Piano Works, Volume 3

As another Naxos survey progresses I am reluctant to put forward the super-budget price as a primary selling point, but...

Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 12/1997


 

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