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Mendelssohn & Tchaikovsky Violin Concertos

This is the first Compact Disc I have had with a playing time of over an hour, admittedly topping that...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/1983

French Bassoon Works

This is Karen Geoghegan’s second disc for Chandos in a year (the third if you include her contribution to the...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 7/2009

Sullivan Orchestral Works

Sir Charles Groves's sturdy yet affectionate reading of Sullivan's wholly charming Irish Symphony was always one of the best of...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/1994

Wind Quintets of the 20th Century

The list above accounts for a third of the available competition in these popular pieces (and I have omitted any...

Reviewed in issue 8/1997

Duruflé; Holst; Reubke Supernova

The title of this CD, ‘Supernova’, probably refers to the movements from Holst’s suite, but as The Planets’ starting point...

Reviewed by Christopher Nickol in issue: 1/2003

Grieg Piano Concerto; Debussy Préludes

Somehow you feel it must be possible to deliver the hackneyed opening flourishes of the Grieg Concerto with real abandon...

Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: /2000

Sallinen The Horseman

At last Finlandia have transferred Sallinen's first two operas to CD. The Horseman ''Ratsumies'' was something of a landmark in...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 12/1991

Symphonic Spectacular

Those who enjoy orchestral lollipops and spectacular sound surely could not do much better than this. Perhaps Chabrier's Espana has...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1989

Stanford Requiem

It is most moving to hear this and to reflect that for the best part of a century – the...

Reviewed in issue 7/1997

Gombert Missa Quam pulchra es

Pulchra es is the third of Gombert's 10 surviving Masses to be recorded for CD, and it does no more...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 12/2006

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