Michael Kennedy compares the available recordings of Elgar's oratorio The Dream of Gerontius, a setting of Cardinal Newman's poem telling of the passage of a man's soul toward judgement.
William Mival reviews new releases of chamber music, including the Schubert piano trios from Vladimir Ashkenazy , Pinchas Zukerman and Lynn Harrell , wind quintets by Relcha, string quartets by Saint-Saens and Faure, and Berwald's Septet and Piano Quartet.