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SCHUBERT Symphony No 9 (König; Jansons)
Rendering (1988 89), a late instalment in Berio’s long-term engagement with the music of the past, now exists in more...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW18
Yuri Bashmet Recital
Mikhail Muntain | Yuri Bashmet
It was the sheer beauty of Yuri Bashmet's tone that first caught my ear—now as sumptuous as a cello, now...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 12/1990
Schubert Piano Sonata No 17; Lieder
Ian Bostridge | Leif Ove Andsnes
EMl hit an inspired note when it invited Andsnes and Bostridge to complement the fomer’s series of Schubert’s greatest sonatas...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/2003
Schubert Piano Sonata D568; Moments musicaux
This is the penultimate issue in Mitsuko Uchida’s eight-CD series, and thanks to her magical recreation of the E flat...
Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 9/2002
Schubert Symphony No 9
Colin Davis | Staatskapelle Dresden
You could call this performance “traditional”, though Mahler’s belief in tradition as a collection of bad habits isn’t sustained. Certainly...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 13/2006
Schubert Piano Sonatas, D894 & D845
Lupu takes a stern view of the A minor Sonata, with little relaxation of tension even in such lyrical moments...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 6/1987
Artur Schnabel in Performance
Listening to this historically important CD reminded me how, for years, Artur Schnabel was thought of as the stereotypical ‘intellectual’...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 3/2003
Schubert Complete Symphonies
Riccardo Muti | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
This orchestra's native Schubertian instincts are as often hampered as harnessed by Muti's control, yielding less distinctive local colour and...
Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 5/1994
Vocalise
Adam Walker, principal flute of the LSO, tells us that the music he performs here ‘has at its heart the...
Reviewed by IMarch in issue: 07/2013
Vienna Philharmonic on Holiday
Rudolf Kempe | Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
It is good to be reminded so vividly of an aspect of Rudolf Kempe’s mastery that is too easily forgotten:...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 3/1998
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