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Weill Der Silbersee

Der Silbersee, the last work Weill composed in Germany before fleeing the Nazis in 1933, is in some ways the...

Reviewed in issue 13/1999

Brahms Symphony 2; Tragic Overture

My dictum about Italian directions at the start of works, especially of Brahms's time, is that it is from the...

Reviewed in issue 2/1986

Edith Mason Complete Recordings 1924-1928

Although Edith Mason's career was long and distinguished (she made her debut in Boston in 1912 and appeared at the...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 8/1994

Brahms Choral Works

Though the name of the distinguished soloist and the provision of other recordings for comparison draw attention to the Alto...

Reviewed in issue 3/1989

Dukas Orchestral Works

Three years ago, Yan Pascal Tortelier deservedly drew high praise from CH for his Chandos recording of Dukas's L'Apprenti sorcier...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 6/1994

Villa-Lobos Complete String Quartets

Bearing comparison with those of Bartók, Shostakovich or Simpson and containing some of his finest music – 1942’s Seventh –...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 12/2004

S. Wesley Symphonies

Having opened our ears to the music of Cipriani Potter (3/90), Hilary Davan Wetton and his excellent Milton Keynes orchestra...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/1991

Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf etc

It is good to welcome back Sir John Gielgud to Peter and the Wolf, some six years after he made...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 11/1995

Devienne Oboe Sonatas - Volume 2

Francois Devienne was a flautist, bassoonist and composer who also played the oboe; he was born in 1759 and died...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/1991

Bruckner Symphony No 7

If, back in the 1960s, I would have predicted that in 50 years’ time the then acid-toned Suisse Romande Orchestra...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 9/2011

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