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Chris Howell
Stanfordian Thoughts: 18. Father O’Flynn
by Christopher Howell
Wolf: String Quartets (Hänssler Classic)
(Déjà Review) The Fine Arts Quartet enters into Wolf’s tormented world with total empathy [CH]
Haydn: 6 London Symphonies (Philips)
(Déjà Review) There is a sense that the musicians are really listening to one another, obtaining a chamber-music-like delicacy [CH]
Beethoven: Symphony 9 (Deutsche Grammophon)
One of the great Ninths on record [CH]
Tricklir: Cello Concertos (Cello Classics)
(Déjà Review) Definitely worth exploring [CH]
JS Bach: The Keyboard Concertos Vol. 2 (Hyperion)
(Déjà Review) Bach performances to cherish [CH]
Bizet: Carmen (DG)
(Déjà Review) A great evening at the opera, crowned by Grace Bumbry’s great performance of Carmen [CH]
Beethoven & Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) These performances will leave you marvelling anew at the music itself [CH]
Beethoven: Symphonies 1 and 6 (Elatus)
(Déjà Review) Mravinsky’s Beethoven is revealed to be of considerable importance, and completely idiomatic [CH]
Massenet: Werther (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) This issue will be prized by admirers of the two principals, but there are drawbacks [CH]
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) One of the classic performances of this symphony [CH]
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 (ICA Classics)
(Déjà Review) Leinsdorf belatedly enters the select list of the greatest Tchaikovsky performances on record [CH]
Puccini: Tosca (Warner Fonit)
(Déjà Review) There are plenty of reasons for having this as well as the Callas/De Sabata [CH]
Les Chemins d’Amour (CD Accord)
(Déjà Review) It would be difficult to imagine a better duo partnership for this music [CH]
Beethoven: Symphony 3 (Warner Classics)
(Déjà Review) One of the essential Beethoven recordings [CH]
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano) Le Belle Immagini (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) A disc that should be bought even by those who resist hype on principle [CH]
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