Review - David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition – The Complete Columbia & HMV Recordings
Rob Cowan on a revealing collection of recordings by the Russian violinist David Oistrakh
If Liza Lim isn’t on your musical radar, I suggest you remedy that. I can’t think of many other composers...
Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 07/2023
Riccardo Muti’s tenure with the CSO came to an end in June this year with three performances of Beethoven’s Missa...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 07/2023
Few English composers have been the subject of such consistent condescension as Birmingham-born Albert W Ketèlbey. You won’t catch a...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2023
Torus (2016), sphere (2017) and Antisphere (2019) are three examples of what Emily Howard calls ‘orchestral geometries’, titles that embody...
Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 07/2023
If you haven’t heard Louise Farrenc’s music, you might doubt the fervent claims made about it. Can her recently revived...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 07/2023
Kerson Leong’s splendid account of the Bruch comes hot on the heels of Randall Goosby’s no less committed reading with...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 07/2023
Brahms’s Op 34 already exists in more than one form: most famously as the turbulent Piano Quintet but also as...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2023
According to one online discography, there are 11 recordings of Martha Argerich playing Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto and 15 of...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 07/2023
In his booklet note to the five Beethoven piano concertos, recorded over the course of a week during July 2022...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2023
Presenting Bach’s music alongside that of his sons does not always make for comfortable programming, but here it’s particularly satisfying....
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2023
Rob Cowan on a revealing collection of recordings by the Russian violinist David Oistrakh
In our current dark times we need Debussy as much as ever. And this book is a perfect way in if you...
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It’s hard to think of another book about a specific instrument that goes quite as deep as this
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