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Bach Oboe Concertos

All six works in this recording have been reconstructed in the belief that they stem from lost concertos for the...

Reviewed by John Duarte in issue: 12/1997

Haydn Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 4; Mendelssohn Octet

Often when listening to Mendelssohn’s Octet, I find myself searching for moments that might betray the youthfulness of its creator:...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 6/2010

To the Soul-Thomas Hampson sings the poetry of Walt Whitman

For a song recital to be devoted to settings of a single poet he must preferably be capable of inspiring...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 10/1997

Shostakovich Orchestral Works

As Charles Ives once said, the music is not in the notes. Riccardo Muti finds this music only fleetingly in...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 12/1993

Sibelius: Symphonies, Orchestral and Vocal Works

So far, there hasn't been a set of Sibelius symphonies that one could happily recommend over all. Maazel (Decca), Davis...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 6/1987

Brahms Clarinet Sonatas and Trio

The Trio tends to be the neglected one among the great clarinet works from Brahms’s mellow last period, usually coupled...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/2006

Chopin Piano Études Op 10; Piano Sonata No 2 Op 35; Barcarolle Op 60

Nelson Freire, the legendary if reclusive Brazilian pianist, complements his earlier Decca Chopin recital (8/02) with the Op 10 Etudes...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 13/2005

Guitar Recital

The guitar is an instrument that records beautifully, as Carlos Bonell's recent EMI recital of twentieth-century music demonstrated, and this...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1988

Telemann Paris Quartets

Availing himself of his recently acquired ''Privilege du Roi'' Telemann published his six Nouveaux quatuors en six suites in Paris...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1994

Josef Hofmann, Vol. 2

Anton Rubinstein, the leading pianist and piano teacher of his generation, declared that his pupil Josef Hofmann was ''the greatest...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 5/1993

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