Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
These are very polished and assured performances of Boccherini’s quintettinos for flute and strings; yet they do not quite capture...
Reviewed by Stanley Sadie in issue: 3/1997
These are lean, swiftly paced, competently played performances, with all repeats observed. The Seventh Symphony comes off the better of...
Reviewed in issue 8/1997
I approached this new Belle Helene with doubts as to whether Jessye Norman could oust from my affections Jane Rhodes,...
Reviewed by Andrew Lamb in issue: 12/1985
In 1873, the year before writing Symphonie espagnole, Lalo composed another work for the great Spanish violinist Sarasate – his...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 13/2009
Recordings such as this run the risk of prompting reams of purple prose, so I may as well spare the...
Reviewed in issue 11/1997
Olivier Messiaen was of towering importance to the world of 20thcentury music. Yet the sevenand ahalf hours of his compositions...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 5/2002
As a pianist, Say is dividing opinion with his recent Mozart disc (see page 78); as a composer the reaction...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 9/1998
I must admit to being in an anti-Donizetti phase just at the present, and one not much helped by a...
Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 3/1990
Written in 1762, Arne’s English opera seria enjoyed a success which endured till the score was lost in the fire...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/2011
The six works played on this disc—and I cannot recall an earlier recording—were published in Hamburg under the title ''Sonates...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1991
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
Lindsay Kemp welcomes a box of Baroque delights from the American conductor
'This is a treasure trove of information, thoroughly recommended'
The tabletop ‘music centre’ may be just a distant memory, but where do you start when you want to...
Tim Parry explores the legacy of Jorge Bolet’s Decca recordings
Rob Cowan on collections devoted to two pianists, a cellist and a composer
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