Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
Dvorak's G major Quartet is almost his last and certainly his most unusual work in the medium; and it sets...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 4/1992
“Do you know of any happy music?” Schubert once asked a friend. “I don’t.” Those words could stand as an...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 5/2008
The Swiss-born composer Joachim Raff (1822–82) saw himself as a man with a historical mission: to fuse the music of...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/1990
Returning to Riccardo Chailly's Decca recording of this attractive early Bruckner symphony has been a greater pleasure than encountering Eliahu...
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 3/1991
Outstandingly clear, lifelike recorded sound, combined with Nathalie Juchors-Paoletti’s fine touch, ensure that the Trout gives a sparkling impression. The...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 9/2000
Of all the recordings licensed from the Milken Archive, this one whetted my appetite the most. Both the Cantata of...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 7/2005
This second helping from Chandos of music by Anglo-Australian composers Edgar Bainton (1880-1956) and Hubert Clifford (1904-59), boasts performances and...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 3/2003
Beethoven was only 19 when in Bonn he was commissioned to write this 40-minute cantata on the Emperor’s death. It...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1997
As handsomely groomed a set of The Planets as one might have expected from the Philharmonia/Slatkin partnership. Thankfully, Holst’s Allegro...
Reviewed in issue 1/1998
Belatedly for the centenary in 1992 of his birth, but no less welcome, are these recordings of Szigeti in his...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 2/1997
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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