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Review of Nikita Lukinov: Kaleidoscope

Nikita Lukinov: Kaleidoscope

Nikita Lukinov

KNS Classical

Nikita Lukinov, a young Russian pianist who teaches at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, has chosen an all-Russian programme for...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 08/2023

Review of Dvorák Symphony No 8; The Wood Dove

Dvorák Symphony No 8; The Wood Dove

Neeme Järvi | Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Chandos

Neeme Jarvi and the SNO complete their highly enjoyable Dvorak cycle with an account of the Eighth Symphony which underlines...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/1989

Review of DVORÁK The Complete Piano Works (Ivo Kahanek)

DVORÁK The Complete Piano Works (Ivo Kahanek)

Ivo Kahánek

Supraphon

Doubtless you’ve heard, or at the very least heard of, Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances. But his Scottish Dances? They turn out...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 12/2021

Review of ESCAICH Baroque Song

ESCAICH Baroque Song

Alexandre Bloch | Lyon National Opera Orchestra | Paul Meyer

Sony Classical

Baroque Song (2007) draws on chorale preludes for organ by Bach – Thierry Escaich is organist at the Church of...

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 09/2017

Review of Rarities of Piano Music 2006

Rarities of Piano Music 2006

Andreas Groethuysen | Cécile Licad | Eldar Nebolsin | Frédéric Meinders | Hamish Milne | Jonathan Plowright | Marc-André Hamelin | Nadejda Vlaeva | Yaara Tal

Danacord

The Husum piano festival in Germany is dedicated to unfamiliar keyboard repertoire. Here, where Beethoven is banned and Schubert shunned,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2007

Review of Favourite Czech Orchestral Works

Favourite Czech Orchestral Works

Alan Pendlebury | Libor Pesek | Malcolm Stewart | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Timothy Walden

Classics

Much to enjoy. I'll get the minor disappointments out of the way first. The Bartered Bride Overture should ideally fizz...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/1994

Review of Gershwin: Piano and Orchestral works

Gershwin: Piano and Orchestral works

Alexis Weissenberg | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Elaine Donohoe | Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra | Michael Tilson Thomas | Seiji Ozawa

EMI

If it's the Rhapsody in Blue you really want, disappointment awaits you in one form or another with each of...

Reviewed in issue 1/1986

Review of Smörgasbord

Smörgasbord

Bengt Forsberg | Mats Lidström

Hyperion

Plenty to enjoy here‚ 10 minutes more in fact than the booklet and CD casing would lead you to expect...

Reviewed in issue 12/2001

Review of Dvorak Violin Concerto in A Minor Op.53; Legends Op.59

Dvorak Violin Concerto in A Minor Op.53; Legends Op.59

Christian Lindberg | Nordic Chamber Orchestra | Richard Tognetti

BIS

Richard Tognetti, the Australian violinist best known as the leader and later music director of the excellent Australian Chamber Orchestra,...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2010

Review of Hamelin plays Liszt

Hamelin plays Liszt

Marc-André Hamelin

Hyperion

This richly inclusive recital examines Liszt’s genius from every multifaceted angle. Whether you are hypnotized by the strange hallucinatory light...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/1997

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