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Review of SCHUBERT Winterreise (James Rutherford)

SCHUBERT Winterreise (James Rutherford)

Eugene Asti | James Rutherford

BIS

Almost six years on from the release of a handsome account of Schwanengesang (6/16), James Rutherford and Eugene Asti are...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 02/2022

Review of SCHUBERT Die Schöne Müllerin (Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini)

SCHUBERT Die Schöne Müllerin (Ian Bostridge, Saskia Giorgini)

Ian Bostridge | Saskia Giorgini

Pentatone

It’s quarter of a century since Ian Bostridge burst on to the scene with his first recording of Die schöne...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 01/2021

Review of SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Nos 19 - 21

SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Nos 19 - 21

Craig Sheppard

Roméo Records

These performances were taken live from concerts given at Meany Theatre, Seattle, last year. But if Craig Sheppard’s previous epic...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 05/2011

Review of SCHUBERT Lieder with Orchestra (Benjamin Appl)

SCHUBERT Lieder with Orchestra (Benjamin Appl)

Benjamin Appl | Munich Radio Orchestra | Oscar Jockel

BR Klassik

‘Are orchestral versions of Schubert’s lieder really necessary?’ asks Benjamin Appl at the start of his booklet note. It’s a...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 01/2024

Review of Schubert (Maurizio & Daniele Pollini)

Schubert (Maurizio & Daniele Pollini)

Daniele Pollini | Maurizio Pollini

Deutsche Grammophon

Sometimes, a musician’s last recording (Dinu Lipatti’s Besançon recital is a prime example) brings with it an added poignance. Sometimes,...

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 12/2024

Review of The Passenger: Piano Trios by Weinberg & Schubert

The Passenger: Piano Trios by Weinberg & Schubert

Trio con Brio

Orchid Classics

As pairings of composers go, there is a lot to commend Schubert and Weinberg. Apart from Schubert being one of...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 03/2024

Review of SCHUBERT String Quartet No 14 SCHIPHORST Sei gutes Muts ANDRE 7 Pieces for String Quartet

SCHUBERT String Quartet No 14 SCHIPHORST Sei gutes Muts ANDRE 7 Pieces for String Quartet

Kuss Quartet | Maurice Steger

Rubicon

Schubert’s Death and the Maiden String Quartet, preceded by two new commissions written in response to it, one featuring recorder...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2025

Review of Schumann: Lieder Recital

Schumann: Lieder Recital

Alfred Brendel | Eberhard Waechter

Lieder Series

When I was preparing my chapter on Dichterliebe for Song on Record I (Cambridge University Press: 1986), the version that...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1991

Review of Eisler Lieder, Vol 1

Eisler Lieder, Vol 1

Axel Bauni | Dietrich Henschel | Michaela Kaune

Orfeo

Hans Eisler’s music has never really caught on – at least in the UK or USA – yet every schoolchild...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 11/1999

Review of Bach Leipzig Christmas Cantatas

Bach Leipzig Christmas Cantatas

Carolyn Sampson | Dorothee Mields | Ghent Collegium Vocale | Ingeborg Danz | Mark Padmore | Peter Kooy | Philippe Herreweghe

Harmonia Mundi

Bach composed Christmas music for more than 30 years of his professional life but none in such a short a...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 12/2003

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