Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas

Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra | Franz Konwitschny | Paul van Kempen | Staatskapelle Dresden | Wilhelm Kempff

To celebrate the centenary last November of the birth of Wilhelm Kempff, DG offer in the Dokumente series this fascinating...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 4/1996

Bach; Bartók; Ysaÿe Solo Violin Works

Baiba Skride

The Latvian violinist Baiba Skride won the 2001 Queen Elizabeth competition in Brussels. Surprisingly, this is her first solo recording,...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 3/2006

Schubert Schwanengesang

Those who already have the DG version (recorded in 1972) by these artists on CD need not consider buying this...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 9/1988

Mahler Song Cycles etc

Dagmar Pecková | Jirí Belohlávek | Prague Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra

Peckova has received adulatory reviews at her recent debuts in this country. Heard live, she seems to be a stunning...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 6/1996

Brahms: Lieder Recital

Daniel Barenboim | Jessye Norman | Wolfram Christ

This comes from the the 10 - LP Brahms Edition Lieder set which Jessye Norman originally shared with Fischer-Dieskau. She...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/1985

Nicolò Balducci: Confidenze - Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

Anna Paradiso | Nicolò Balducci

So far young male soprano Nicolò Balducci has stuck to safe territory for his solo albums: music written for castratos....

Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 01/2025

Great Pianists of the 20th Century - Artur Schnabel

Artur Schnabel | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Malcolm Sargent

Listening to Artur Schnabel’s Beethoven, one can easily imagine the composer himself caught in the act of creation, impatiently snatching...

Reviewed in issue 4/1999

Schumann: Lieder recital

Brigitte Fassbaender | Irwin Gage

Fassbaender's many Lieder records for EMI-Electrola have not been made available here except occasionally as imports, so this issue from...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 2/1986

Pfitzner Palestrina

Bavarian State Opera Chorus | Bavarian State Orchestra | Christopher Ventris | John Daszak | Michael Volle | Peter Rose | Simone Young

“Palestrina will remain. The work has all the elements of immortality.” So declared Bruno Walter, quoted by Anthony Short in...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 9/2010

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto; Piano Trios Nos 1 & 2

Enrico Pace | Leonidas Kavakos | Patrick Demenga | Salzburg Camerata

This is the first release in Mendelssohn year to have come my way that truly adds to the festivities. It...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 10/2009