Review - Paavo Järvi : The Complete Erato Recordings
Andrew Mellor revisits recordings the prolific Estonian conductor made originally for Virgin
Comparing these two very different performances is like listening to two sides of the same argument, the one centre-focused and...
Reviewed in issue 13/1998
Except for a scene from Octavia in 1955 and extracts from Croesus in 1962 (both of which were greeted enthusiastically),...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 8/1989
Dmitry Sitkovetsky is very much a rising star amongst younger violinists, and it's encouraging that a relative newcomer who avoids...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 11/1987
It is not a year since I reviewed a recording of Charpentier's incidental music to Moliere's last play, Le malade...
Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 4/1991
This extraordinary work now boasts a sizeable (if uneven) discography, the Consort of Musicke’s early recording (L’Oiseau-Lyre – nla) and...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 1/2011
Volume 3 triumphantly concludes Louis Lortie’s Chandos cycle of Liszt’s works for piano and orchestra. Once again his mastery is...
Reviewed in issue 5/2002
The hallmark of Bach’s pedagogical influence on generations of musicians lies squarely with the chorale: the bread and butter of...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 8/2000
It would not be altogether surprising if Messiaen's gigantic and subversive Turangalila had dealt the French symphony—a relatively delicate phenomenon,...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 6/1990
Weird programming. The Sonata a tre, one of Casella’s strongest works, is placed last; before it two early pieces enclose...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 11/2000
Philippe de Monte continues to enjoy (if that’s the right word) a lukewarm press in modern times. I recently heard...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 6/2008
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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