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Catherine Robbin Song Recital

The programme follows the well-tried path of a representative song-recital: something old to open (here Purcell), nineteenth-century Lieder to follow,...

Reviewed in issue 7/1994

Harrison Piano Concerto

Lasting just over half an hour and cast in four movements, Lou Harrison’s Piano Concerto (1983-85) profitably quarries the same...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2000

Schumann Dichterliebe

Of these two performances of Dichterliebe, one sounds to me as naturally right as the other is wrong. The Johannsen-Larina...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 12/2010

Claudia Muzio Opera Arias & Songs

Here we enter into controversial territory. EMI released their own transfers of Muzio's Columbias almost two years ago...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 4/1991

Palestrina Song of Songs

To my knowledge there has never been put forward any theory that Palestrina was an Englishman, but this recording could...

Reviewed in issue 9/1994

Bach Organ Partitas

Of the six sets of variations on Lutheran chorale melodies attributed to Bach, two are omitted from this disc. Allein...

Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 3/1991

Nico Muhly - (A) Good Understanding

No one could accuse Nico Muhly (b1981) of a lack of exuberance. As he freely acknowledges in his notes, his...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2010

Simpson String Quartets 10 & 11

Newcomers to Simpson are advised to go straight to Hyperion's Sixth and Seventh Symphonies disc (reviewed by DJF on page...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 6/1988

Mackey Tuck and Roll

Steven Mackey (b1956) – not to be confused with the bassist of Jarvis Cocker’s band‚ Pulp – is an electric...

Reviewed in issue 2/2002

Bryars Glorious Hill

Gavin Bryars’s music and the special qualities of the Latvian Radio Choir fit one another like hand and glove. And...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 2/2008

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