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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

JS BACH Goldberg Variations

For his second Nonesuch project, Jeremy Denk follows in the footsteps of hundreds of pianists before him who have essayed...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2013

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