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Review of BRAHMS Double Concerto SCHUMANN Violin Concerto (Manze)

BRAHMS Double Concerto SCHUMANN Violin Concerto (Manze)

Andrew Manze | Antje Weithaas | Maximilian Hornung | North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

CPO

I think it’s safe to say that Schumann’s Violin Concerto is no longer considered a drab, sub-par product of the...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 01/2020

Review of From the Kitchen Archives, Volume 4

From the Kitchen Archives, Volume 4

Bill Viola | David Tudor | John Driscoll | Linda Fischer | Marsha Harris | Martin Kalve | Phil Edelstein | Takehisa Kosugi

Orange Mountain Music

Composers Inside Electronics was a collective founded by pianist-turned-electronic music guru David Tudor in 1973. These vivid slices of the...

Reviewed by Philip_Clark in issue: 2/2008

Review of Regina Resnik - Dramatic Scenes & Arias

Regina Resnik - Dramatic Scenes & Arias

Adolf Dallapozza | Adriana Kucerová | Adrianne Pieczonka | Aileen Davies | Alan Ewing | Alan Styler | Aldo Baldin | Alejandro Ramirez | Aleksandra Zamojska | Alexander Welitsch

Decca

Regina Resnik had the grand manner. When she was on stage, no matter who her partners were, it was Resnik...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 13/2003

Review of Bach Cantatas 56 /82/158

Bach Cantatas 56 /82/158

Matthias Görne | Roger Norrington | Salzburg Bach Choir | Salzburg Camerata Academica

Decca

Marking the 250th anniversary of Bach's death has, up to now, been largely a matter of re-formatting old catalogues rather...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 4/2000

Review of Wolf Goethe Lieder

Wolf Goethe Lieder

Thomas Palm | Wolfgang Holzmair

Classics

Holzmair is a refreshing and challenging singer. He follows no known school and quite avoids the influence of Fischer-Dieskau. His...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1993

Review of Edward Kilenyi Pathé Recordings

Edward Kilenyi Pathé Recordings

Edward Kilenyi | Selmar Meyrowitz | Symphony Orchestra

Appian Publications & Recordings

Edward Kilenyi is an 86-year-old Hungarian-American pianist who, understandably, enjoyed a glittering international career during his heyday. A fellow-pupil of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/1996

Review of Wolf Lieder nach Heine und Lenau

Wolf Lieder nach Heine und Lenau

Roger Vignoles | Stephan Genz

Helios

Neither Eric Sams’s The Songs of Hugo Wolf (Methuen: 1961) nor The New Grove (2001) tell of a work called...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 1/2003

Review of Wolf Mörike Lieder

Wolf Mörike Lieder

Brigitte Fassbaender | Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Decca

Reviewing this partnership performing Wolf's Morike Lieder, to which they are perfectly attuned, has been a labour of love. The...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 8/1993

Review of MAHLER Symphony No 1

MAHLER Symphony No 1

Some may find this an odd choice of project to launch the Vienna Symphony Orchestra’s own label. The tenure of...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue:

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