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Beethoven Rasumovsky Quartets
Having completed their survey for Teldec of the late Beethoven quartets and the Opp. 74 and 95 works (reviewed variously...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 3/1991
Brahms Piano Sonata 3 etc
Here are two outstanding discs from Ronan O’Hora, a pianist of inward thoughtfulness and refined eloquence. Following his well-received collections...
Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 7/1997
Beethoven Orchestral Works
The idea of having a seasoned piano trio record this most equable of Beethoven concertos dates back to the days...
Reviewed in issue 1/2002
Beethoven Symphonies
Charles Mackerras | Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Is there anything Sir Charles Mackerras can't turn his hand to? It isn't just the way success follows success, it's...
Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 12/1993
Beethoven String Quartets No 3; No 5; No 16
Promise blossoms. The Artemis Quartet’s previous recording (of Op 18 No 1 and Op 127 – 12/10) was, despite a...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 8/2011
Brahms Piano Concerto No.2
Evgeny Mravinsky | Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra | Sviatoslav Richter
It looked wonderful on paper, but as so often with Olympian encounters, the evidence proved frustratingly uneven. The trouble is,...
Reviewed in issue 2/1994
Beethoven Violin Sonatas, Vol. 4
These are spontaneous-sounding and agreeable performances. Momentum is rightly a feature of rapid movements, though there is the right kind...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 5/1990
Beethoven String Quartets
The Guarneri Quartet is perhaps the most highly regarded and prestigious American ensemble of its kind now before the public,...
Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 5/1988
Liszt Piano Works; Schubert Wanderer Fantasy
Luiza Borac, whom I first heard as a jury member at both the Viotti and Scottish International Piano Competitions, is...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/2005
Beethoven Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus
Charles Mackerras | Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Prometheus, who defied the gods by stealing fire from Heaven and warming his clay figures into men, was a powerful...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/1994
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