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Review of Schubert Piano Sonata D960

Schubert Piano Sonata D960

Leon Fleisher

United Archives

On hearing the 15-year-old Leon Fleisher in 1943 Pierre Monteux, no less, exclaimed in wonder at “the pianistic find of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2008

Review of Schubert Die Schöne Müllerin

Schubert Die Schöne Müllerin

Friedrich Haider | Rainer Trost

Nightingale Classics

Here we have yet another recommendable version by a tenor to add to those listed above, one complementary to the...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1997

Review of Gerhard Hüsch (1901-1984) sings Schubert

Gerhard Hüsch (1901-1984) sings Schubert

Gerald Moore | Gerhard Hüsch | Hanns Udo Müller

Lebendige Vergangenheit

If I wanted to give a young, aspiring singer of Lieder an example to follow, I would have to turn...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/1990

Review of Schubert Lieder

Schubert Lieder

Imogen Cooper | Wolfgang Holzmair

Philips

Most recordings of Schwanengesang offer extra songs these days, but this one has an idiosyncratic feature. Holzmair sings ''Die Taubenpost''...

Reviewed in issue 11/1994

Review of Bach Goldberg Variations; Italian Concerto; Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue

Bach Goldberg Variations; Italian Concerto; Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue

Adrian Boult | Artur Schnabel | Edwin Fischer | George Enescu | Karl Ulrich Schnabel | London Symphony Orchestra | Louis Kentner | Paris Symphony Orchestra | Pierre Monteux | Wanda Landowska

Références

The 1930s were great years for recording Bach. Busch, Cortot and Boyd Neel with their respective orchestras performed all the...

Reviewed by Nicholas Anderson in issue: 3/2000

Review of Schumann Concertos

Schumann Concertos

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Christopher Kohler | Daniel Barenboim | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Gerd Seifert | Gidon Kremer | Klaus Tennstedt | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Manfred Klier | Norbert Hauptmann

Rouge et Noir

If ever a performance of Schumann's Piano Concerto stressed the principle of dialogue between soloist and conductor, then this is...

Reviewed in issue 8/1993

Review of Schubert Lieder

Schubert Lieder

Per Vollestad | Sigmund Hjelset

Simax

The Hyperion Schubert Edition will have to look to its laurels: this perceptively chosen selection of the composer's songs is...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1992

Review of Schubert Complete Violin and Piano Works

Schubert Complete Violin and Piano Works

Marc Neikrug | Pinchas Zukerman

Biddulph

These performances, recorded between 1993 and 1995, are notable for polish, astute musicianship and expressive character. Both players favour full,...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 2/2011

Review of SCHUBERT Lieder for the Stages of Life

SCHUBERT Lieder for the Stages of Life

Christoph Berner | Werner Güra

Harmonia Mundi

Rather than group their Schubert recital around poets, Werner Güra and Christoph Berner here chart a Schubertian ‘Seven ages of...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2012

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