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BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No 5. Symphony No 5

Is it me or are Beethoven pianists getting younger? This month I’ve had the pleasure of encountering not only Igor...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2013

BARTÓK Piano Concerto No 2 PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No 3

Luxury casting and the apt, imaginative coupling of the greatest concertos by their respective composers are the ingredients for a...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2013

JS BACH Harpsichord Concertos Nos 3, 4 & 6

Most gratifying about these red-blooded performances (on a very red harpsichord) are the forthright qualities of Aapo Häkkinen’s resonant and...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 11/2013

BEETHOVEN Violin Concerto Op 61 JS BACH Chaconne from BWV1004

The Chinese violinist Bin Huang does not have a compendious discography and is perhaps familiar internationally only for a programme...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 11/2013

JANÁČEK String Quartets Nos 1 & 2

There are now plenty of recorded pairings of Janá∂ek’s two string quartets, in various versions. One, on Vol 4 of...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 11/2013

BRITTEN Three String Quartets

Britten’s music oddly became more alive in the 1970s, after a long period of increasing solemnity following the failure of...

Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 11/2013

Guardian Angel

This album could be seen as a companion to Rachel Podger’s memorable account of Bach’s solo violin music (7/99, 12/99),...

Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 11/2013

Menahem Pressler: Tales from Vienna

At an age when most instrumentalists have opted for a quieter life, Menahem Pressler – 90 in December – is...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2013

Walter Gieseking: The Complete Homocord Recordings

APR’s lavishly presented two-disc set of Gieseking’s early recordings is a treasure trove of rarities and discoveries. And whether such...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue:

SCHUBERT Piano Sonatas Nos 19 & 20. Impromptu D899 No 3

Seven years have passed since Inon Barnatan’s impressive performance of Schubert’s last sonata (Bridge, A/06), one in which Bryce Morrison...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2013

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