A selection of M&V 'classical' articles

Ensemble. A Class Of Its Own - Lawrence Budmen listens to the Cleveland Orchestra

CD Spotlight. Insistent Patterns - Music by Yuanlin Chen, recommended by Ron Bierman. '... marvelous textures ...'

CD Spotlight. Chameleon Virtues - Barenboim conducts Gershwin, Bernstein, Ravel and Wagner, reviewed by Robert Anderson. '... the oddest assortment of music.'

CD Spotlight. Sacrificing the 'unmodern' - Music by Julius Röntgen and Per Nørgård, heard by George Balcombe. 'How could any audience resist ... ?'

Ask Alice - On statistics, surveys and rock groups networking and the guitar, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh

CD Spotlight. Expressive Beauty - Chamber music by Marjan Mozetich, enjoyed by Howard Smith. '... "Hymn of Ascension" stood out for its power and cogency.'

CD Spotlight. Shaken and Stirred - Maurice Steger plays Giuseppe Sammartini, recommended by Jennifer Paull

Thought and Understanding - Wanda Jeziorska finds food for thought in Mishka Momen's latest recital

Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - Wondering

Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - A genuine discipline?

Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - Please read this

Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - Well?

Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - Once a year

Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - Musical expansion

Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - The ultimate level

CD Spotlight. Cool fusion - Chamber music by David Baker, reviewed by Malcolm Tattersall. 'Baker's slow movements are all gorgeous ...'

Record box. Delightful pieces - 'Tales of a Summer Past' by Nick Davis, reviewed by Robert Hugill

Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - Fresh starts

Record box. Lightness of interpretation - Harnoncourt conducts Haydn, reviewed by Patric Standford

Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - Do we understand 'normality'?

Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - Obsession

Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - Expanding language

Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - Torn to shreds

Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - Agreeable respect

Editorial musings with Basil Ramsey - A gruelling test

Provocative thoughts, from Patric Standford - familiarity

Ensemble - Quintessential quintet. Malcolm Miller admires the Etesian Ensemble's period performance concert with a Beethoven arrangement première