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Brahms Violin Concerto; String Sextet No 2

This account of the Violin Concerto is noteworthy in several ways. Instead of the familiar Joachim cadenza in the first...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 6/2011

Music for Vihuela

The vihuela was a Spanish renaissance speciality, shaped like a guitar and sounding like a lute. A whole hour of...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 3/1999

Martha Argerich and Friends at Lugano 2010

Tired of the strains and stresses of her former and extraordinary career, Martha Argerich now takes up annual residence in...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/2011

Villa-Lobos Symphony No 10, 'Amerindia'

For many Brazilians, Villa-Lobos’s Tenth Symphony has a special place within the composer’s multifarious output. It deals with the history,...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 1/2004

Mozart Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2

Mitsuko Uchida apparently ranks clarity of texture as one of her priorities when tackling Mozart; there is a technical polish...

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 1/1986

Haydn Piano Sonatas

It's impossible not to enjoy the scintillating agility of Pogorelich's fingerwork and the liveliness of his imagination. Both these earlier,...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 5/1992

Brahms: Orchestral & Vocal Works

In 1954, when these recordings were made, the LPO was under contract to EMI, and many older collectors will remember...

Reviewed in issue 5/1989

Dvorák Cello Concerto etc

The main title, “Silent Woods”, and a soft-focus portrait through twigs of the glamorous soloist alerts us to the fact...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1996

Russian Orthodox Church Music, Vol. 12

If anyone ever doubted that English could be sung as a liturgical language, they should listen to this record. In...

Reviewed by mberry in issue: 9/1985

Berlioz Requiem, etc

In his note to the present recording, elegantly describing Berlioz as ''sinfonista transcendentale'', Sergio Sablich makes the point that alongside...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1992

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