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Schubert Impromptus
''Rejuvenated'' was the word chosen by Michael Oliver when Brendel's oldish recording of the Impromptus reappeared on CD this April....
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 10/1984
C.P.E. Bach Oboe Concertos
Capriccio have looked after the interests of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach generously if not always discerningly in its 14 volume...
Reviewed in issue 10/1988
Schubert and Schumann Piano Trios
Arthur Rubinstein | Henryk Szeryng | Pierre Fournier
Rubinstein was already in his later eighties (and Fournier only 20 years younger) when these recordings were made in 1972...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 4/1989
Schubert Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2;Notturno;Sonata for Arpeggione
András Schiff | Miklós Perényi | Yuuko Shiokawa
These discs begin with an outstanding performance of the Arpeggione Sonata. The recording is clear and spacious, and the outer...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/1997
Schubert Piano Sonatas
Schubert’s piano sonatas remained uncharted territory for an embarrassingly long time. Rachmaninov did not know of their existence, and their...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2000
Schubert Piano Works
This is a feast of fine Schubert playing, well produced and handsomely presented and with the two CDs running to...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 4/1988
Schubert Piano Works
The Impromptus were recorded on tape in 1950. Schnabel was then nearly 70 years old and almost at the end...
Reviewed in issue 4/1989
SCHUMANN Symphonies (Thielemann. Jansons)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Christian Thielemann | Mariss Jansons | Staatskapelle Dresden
Christian Thielemann’s 60th birthday present to himself is a set of the four Schumann symphonies, which he toured with the...
Reviewed by Libby McPhee in issue: 07/2019
Beethoven Symphony No 9, 'Choral'
Does this Ninth differ radically in its shape, thrust and strength from either EMI’s studio recording, made six weeks previously,...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 8/2009
Mussorgsky/Respighi Orchestral Works
Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Fritz Reiner
Reiner's legendary performances of Respighi's Pines and Fountains of Rome were recorded in Orchestra Hall, Chicago, in 1959. This record...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 8/1993
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