Bartók Concerto for Orchestra

Christoph Eschenbach | Philadelphia Orchestra | Saito Kinen Orchestra | Seiji Ozawa

How noble and compassionate of Christoph Eschenbach to dedicate his first Philadelphia album for Ondine to the memory of all...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 1/2006

Fauré (The) Complete Songs, Vol 1

Christopher Maltman | Felicity Lott | Geraldine McGreevy | Graham Johnson | Jennifer Smith | John Mark Ainsley | Stella Doufexis | Stephen Varcoe

After Schubert and Schumann, now Fauré – Graham Johnson and Hyperion embark on another, somewhat shorter, song journey. This is...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/2005

Eugene Istomin: The Concert & Solo Recordings

Past assessments of the pianist Eugene Istomin (1925-2003) have too often delivered the metaphorical verdict ‘always the bridesmaid, never the...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 02/2016

JS BACH Keyboard Partitas BWV825-830

Igor Levit

‘When in trouble, play Bach’ – wise advice from Edwin Fischer to a pupil. He was making an observation to...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 10/2014

SCHUMANN Scenes from Goethe's Faust

Alastair Miles | Andrew Staples | Bernarda Fink | Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks | Christian Gerhaher | Christiane Karg | Daniel Harding | Kurt Rydl | Mari Eriksmoen | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

Since Benjamin Britten broke a lance for it in 1973, Scenes from Goethe’s Faust has not suffered from the choral-society...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 12/2014

MAHLER Symphony No 7 (Petrenko)

Bayerischen Staatsorchester | Kirill Petrenko

I really thought I knew this work – every facet of it. But Kirill Petrenko has a way of hearing...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2021

YSAŸE Six Solo Violin Sonatas (Hilary Hahn)

Hilary Hahn

Unaccompanied violin music relies for its effect on a player whose approach to the instrument treats athleticism and acute tonal...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2023

Messager Coups de Roulis

Duvaleix | Génio | A. Lequenne | Aimé Doniat | André Balbon | André Girard | Anne-Marie Rodde | Annette Martineau | Anthony Rolfe Johnson | Anton Niessner

Remove the dialogue, incidental music and dances from an operette or its immediate predecessors, the opera-bouffe and the lighter...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 11/1993

Haydn Creation Mass & Schubert Magnificat D486

(Arnold) Schoenberg Choir | Christiane Oelze | Elisabeth von Magnus | Gerald Finley | Herbert Lippert | Nikolaus Harnoncourt | Vienna Concentus Musicus

Set in a warm church acoustic, these period performances of Haydn and Schubert, recorded live, demonstrate just how far Nikolaus...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 8/2000

Liszt Piano Works

Hungarian State Orchestra | János Ferencsik | Sviatoslav Richter

This disc is another signal success for the BIS team working in Swansea’s Brangwyn Hall. All the varied facets of...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 1/1997