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Bruckner Symphony no 7

Seiji Ozawa draws a rich, dark, weighty – albeit meticulously balanced – sound from the Saito Kinen Orchestra for this...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 12/2004

Kronos Quartet - 25 Years

The string quartet is both the most exclusive and the most approachable of small instrumental combinations. On the one hand...

Reviewed in issue 4/1999

Bach Cantatas

A photograph reveals Sarah Brooke holding a metal flute, and the emergence of the music at concert pitch immediately confirms...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 9/1989

Mozart Zauberflöte

In a recent BBC TV programme on Glyndebourne, Carol Vaness said that she was greatly encouraged by the sympathy and...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1984

Fauré Requiem, Motets & Cantique de Jean Racine

There is something I can’t quite understand here. This is the second time within a week that, care-of one record...

Reviewed in issue 8/1998

Lyapunov Piano Concerto No 2. Symphony No 1; Polonaise, Op 16

As David Brown tells us in his excellent essay accompanying this delectable disc‚ Sergei Lyapunov has always been a shadowy...

Reviewed in issue 8/2002

Beethoven Symphony No. 3

A Bruggen performance is always a special event, and this is no exception. The account of the Marche funebre will...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 11/1988

Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6

The timings given on the sleeve of this latest version of the Pathetique from Bernstein seem so improbable that I...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 1/1987

Wilhelm Backhaus plays Brahms

During his long career Backhaus was always regarded as a solid, reliable pianist, but he lacked the interpretative insight possessed...

Reviewed in issue 3/1990

Gershwin Orchestral Works

Let me say at once that Janis Vakarelis's performance of the Concerto in F is refreshingly enjoyable and is given...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1988

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