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Haydn Orchestral Works
Like previous discs in the series, this latest of Delos's mixed Haydn concerts comes with encomiums for composer (a puff...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 10/1992
Sandström, S-D Nordic Sounds
Over the past few decades Scandinavian composers have made something of a speciality out of composing challenging music for unaccompanied...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 6/2011
The Art of Leslie Heward
Not often does a record company reissue recordings by an almost forgotten artist and it is much to EMI's credit...
Reviewed in issue 8/1985
Roussel Symphonies Nos 1 and 4
For a work composed originally as independent items, Roussel’s impressionist First Symphony (1904-06) works surprisingly well. True, its structure is...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 4/2007
Cesare Negri Le Gratie d'Amore
The late-sixteenth-century Milanese dancing-master Cesare Negri is not a figure usually celebrated for his music. His treatise on dance, Le...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 5/1998
Bach Vioiln Sonata BWV 1003; Violin Partita BWV1004; Guy Aglais
An unusual and interesting package. As well as the old and new works for Baroque violin, there's a reproduction of...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 5/2008
Halffter Piano Works
With more Spanish discs behind him than any other British pianist, Martin Jones has made a special corner in the...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/2012
Cornelius Choral Works
Peter Cornelius was one of the most sympathetic of all those musicians who were drawn into the orbit of Wagner...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 12/2000
Villa-Lobos Chôros 8 & 9
Schermerhorn and his excellent Hong Kong orchestra (whose director he has been since September 1984) have struck an early, and...
Reviewed by Lionel Salter in issue: 2/1986
MacDowell Piano Sonatas
Large-scale works by minor masters can be something of a trial, especially when marketed in bulk on disc. Edward MacDowell's...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 7/1989
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Book review - Monteverdi’s Voices: A Poetics of the Madrigal (by Tim Carter)
'The forensic study of Monteverdi’s madrigals bears ripe fruit from four decades of philological...
Review - Philadelphia Orchestra and Eugene Ormandy: The Columbia Stereo Recordings 1964-1983
Jed Distler delves into a massive collection focusing on the conductor’s later discography
Review - 'Vienna: From Mozart to Schoenberg' (London Sinfonietta / David Atherton)
Richard Whitehouse on a collection taking in the London Sinfonietta’s 1970s recordings
Book review - Edward Elgar and Adrian Boult (by Nigel Simeone)
'A veritable treasure trove for enthusiasts'
Box-set round-up: April 2025 (Stokowski, Dorati, Fiorentino)
Rob Cowan on three collections of vintage recorded performances
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