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Review of Telemann Essercizii Musici

Telemann Essercizii Musici

The title of this entertaining disc is misleading, since only three of its nine items belong to Telemann’s chamber music...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 2/1996

Review of Howells Choral & Organ Music, Vol.2

Howells Choral & Organ Music, Vol.2

Though it includes Howells's most famous Christmas carol and two of his best-known organ solos, the programme here has as...

Reviewed in issue 12/1991

Review of Danzi Flute Concertos

Danzi Flute Concertos

Franz Danzi was born in 1763 and as a teenager played as a cellist in the famous Palatinate court orchestra...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 8/1988

Review of Tan Dun Orchestral Works

Tan Dun Orchestral Works

Born in central Hunan in 1957, the Chinese composer Tan Dun has already begun to build a considerable reputation for...

Reviewed in issue 9/1998

Review of Bartók: Works for Violin

Bartók: Works for Violin

The Sonata for solo violin was the last work Bartok finished. Menuhin, who had commissioned it, was unhappy with the...

Reviewed in issue 10/1990

Review of Virtuoso Trombone Concertos

Virtuoso Trombone Concertos

What the present recording of the Chausson Poeme has in common with that by Jessye Norman (Erato/Warner Classics) is that...

Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 4/1991

Review of Schubert Trout Quintet; Notturno

Schubert Trout Quintet; Notturno

This is a highly professional Trout, and unlike many (though not all) rival teams the Nash also offer a beguiling...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 5/1989

Review of Great Conductors of the 20th Century - Sir Thomas Beecham

Great Conductors of the 20th Century - Sir Thomas Beecham

Sir Thomas Beecham’s sensuous, glowing, yet highly ebullient 1951 performance of Antar is unsurpassed, and with his thrilling account of...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 5/2004

Review of R. Strauss Wind Concertos

R. Strauss Wind Concertos

The Vienna Philharmonic’s defiantly anachronistic attitude to the modern world has, notoriously, generated controversy on occasion. Their resistance to the...

Reviewed in issue 4/1998

Review of Penderecki Piano Concerto 'Resurrection'

Penderecki Piano Concerto 'Resurrection'

Every so often, Penderecki produces a composition which seems consciously to contradict the measured, rather undernourished qualities of other relatively...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 5/2008

 

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