Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
I should say straight away that this is a most impressive set and contains some of the most searching late...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 8/1983
Heinz Holliger's brilliance as an oboist has long tended to overshadow his achievements as a composer, so it is all...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 7/1993
While not for one moment relinquishing my admiration of or gratitude to the late Bryden Thomson's Bax recordings, this Lyrita...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 12/1992
Anyone who has been exposed to Carl Orff's music teaching methods will find this all very familiar. Gunild Keetman's Christmas...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 12/1990
This cheap label round-up of poor quality Czech TV broadcasts from the 1980s features those alternately cute and annoying travelogues...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 4/2006
Here, for the first time, Albeniz’s masterpiece, Iberia, appears on a single CD, played with immaculate musical taste and enviable...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2000
This outstanding recital serves to introduce a remarkable new Russian/Israeli violinist, of whom I am sure we shall hear much...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1990
‘Fuchs is a splendid musician. Everything is so fine and deft, so charmingly invented that one always takes delight in...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 2/2006
“Here is the news, brought to you in heroic couplets…by the opera composer!” was how The Independent once greeted the...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 2/2010
Like many other pianists, 33-year-old Alexei Volodin is an international competition-winner and has already played with a dazzling array of...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2010
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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