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Prokofiev Piano Works

Amid the sterile academicism and inflated emotionality which formed the two poles of pre-First World War Russian piano music, Prokofiev's...

Reviewed in issue 10/1989

Reicha Chamber Works

Reicha's long work list contains many pieces such as these amiable, well-written diversions that fall easily on the ear without...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1993

Charpentier M-A Sacred Choral Works

Until about 15 years ago these two sacred works by Charpentier were the most prominent among a very small number...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 1/1990

Bach Frühwerke

This is a disc of timely reminders: that Andreas Staier, now such a familiar figure at the fortepiano, is no...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 6/2008

Bernstein Songs & Duets

As Barrymore Laurence Scherer relates on page 16, Bernstein's newest work had its origins in a remark made by President...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 6/1990

Brahms Cello Sonatas

Brahms can be made too burly. But from the young Israeli-Canadian cellist, Ofra Harnoy, he could profitably be burlier. Her...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 8/1987

Muffat Armonico tributo

The extent to which Georg Muffat – though French-born he regarded himself as a German – was influenced by French...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 9/1996

Piano Recital

Since December 1985, at least a dozen recordings of Schubert's B flat Sonata have appeared on CD, only three of...

Reviewed in issue 10/1987

Mozart Piano Concertos

The first thing that struck me about this recording is the excellence of the sound, something for which we may...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 9/1989

Cimarosa/Telemann Cantatas

Telemann's comic cantata, Der Schulmeister and Cimarosa's intermezzo, Il maestro di cappella make a very good double bill on a...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1985

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