Author: Stan Szpakowicz

Spirited and persuasive performances [SG]

A composer celebrated for his organ music shows his prowess as a creator of distinctive and rewarding piano music [MS]

This recording earns a place among the best in the catalogue [JV]

Delightful music in superior renditions [ZT]

A dazzling performance and production [JF]

The admirable art of violinist Eudice Shapiro, heard in core repertory [JW]

(Déjà Review) Ančerl and his wonderful orchestra are the ‘real thing’ – buy, hear and believe! [PJL]

A resounding success [DJB]

A performance suffused with the Russian spirit, technically and sonically proficient, aesthetically satisfying [RMo]

A welcome release centred on the cello works of Nikolai Miaskowsky and his teachers [GT]

A very valid interpretation emphasizing Haydn’s wit and invention [LP]

Outstanding performances of a varied and satisfying programme in superb sound [WH]

Enjoyably tuneful music, a delight in these attractive accounts [RMay]

A valuable and welcome addition to the Petersen discography [SG]

(Déjà Review) A classic of recorded sound [RB]

A welcome sound première recording for one of Cavalli’s more dramatically involving operas [PCG]

Speed is not a substitute for energy [DP]

Old war horses emerge reinvigorated [DMD]

Missed opportunities in a sporadically interesting film [LD]

One of our greatest cellists in a revelatory performance from his younger days [WH]

Mary Bevan’s golden tone floats effortlessly over Joseph Middleton’s sensitive accompaniment [GF]

(Déjà Review) Leinsdorf belatedly enters the select list of the greatest Tchaikovsky performances on record [CH]

(Déjà Review) A fine synergy: superb instrument, performer and recording [DC]

In vocal terms this is arguably the finest complete recording of Aïda in the catalogue, in a sterling new transfer [MP]