Lighten our Darkness

Cambridge Singers | John Rutter

Subtitled “Music for the Close of Day”, this is a generous anthology of “choral classics” conducive to calm and meditation....

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 12/2006

Après un Rêve

Imogen Cooper | Sonia Wieder-Atherton

Rachmaninov’s Cello Sonata can seem a somewhat unbalanced work. The composer’s invention concentrates to such an extent on the piano...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 12/2002

PURCELL Songs & Dances (Tim Mead)

Many of Purcell’s songs and dance tunes are such ‘standards’ that there really is no need to worry about a...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 12/2018

The Russian Soul - Songs

Paul Plishka | Thomas Hrynkiv

It is well worth rising above the idiotic title of this record: here is a perfectly intelligent, interestingly varied recital...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 3/1998

Yuja Wang: Fantasia

Yuja Wang

Yuja Wang’s ‘Fantasia’ may be a this-and-that recital (including lavish tributes to Horowitz and Cziffra, two of the 20th century’s...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 06/2012

Valentina Lisitsa Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Valentina Lisitsa

Without a word of warning, the Ukrainian-born American-based pianist Valentina Lisitsa has leapfrogged from expert collaborator (she’s recorded with violinists...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW/2012

HISAISHI A Symphonic Celebration

Bach Choir | Grace Davidson | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | The Tiffin Choirs

Hitchcock and Herrmann, Spielberg and Williams – director-composer pairings among whom writer Michael Beek nominates as co-companions Hayao Miyazaki and...

Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 10/2023

Russian Works for Piano 4 Hands

Benjamin Frith | Peter Hill

This is an altogether impressive, accomplished and rewarding release, a delight to listen to from both the sound and performance points of...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW17

Mussorgsky/Balakirev Piano Works

Boris Berezovsky

Following his recent dazzling but provocative – even cavalier – Ravel recital (Teldec, 3/95), Boris Berezovsky makes a formidable return...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/1996

Russian Masterpieces

Djong Victorin Yu | Philharmonia Orchestra

The Korean, Djong Victorin Yu, who apparently decided to be a conductor at the age of four(!), has come to...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 1/1995