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
As Schubert’s posthumous fame grew, his most popular songs – which usually meant those published in his lifetime – received...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 03/2023
Recordings of Rachmaninov’s Vigil service (‘Vespers’) used to be rare jewels in the choral universe, the domain, with some honourable...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 03/2023
The most recent foray into Mozart’s Salzburg church music pairs his most popular Mass from the period with the first...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 03/2023
Mahler’s own piano version of his Das Lied von der Erde has struggled to establish itself in the repertory since...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 03/2023
In January, reviewing Blue Heron’s recording of the Remede de Fortune, I mentioned that one of the problems was the...
Reviewed by David Fallows in issue: 03/2023
A unifying theme on Exaudi’s third album of Christopher Fox’s vocal music is the devastation of armed conflict. Commissioned to...
Reviewed by Liam Cagney in issue: 03/2023
The Wrocław-based NFM Choir is no stranger to Bob Chilcott’s music, having previously recorded an acclaimed album of his a...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 03/2023
Byrd’s later years are a fascinating time for Tudor music, and for his 400th anniversary Stile Antico dedicate a whole...
Reviewed by Edward Breen in issue: 03/2023
Around a decade ago, Chinese classical guitarist Xuefei Yang released a compilation album: ‘Sojourn: The Very Best of Xuefei Yang’....
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 03/2023
This is a live recording of a concert given by Benjamin Alard on February 1, 2020, as part of a...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2023
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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Rob Cowan on the legacies of a trio of conductors in the music in which they excelled
Rob Cowan dives into Warner’s second volume of Wolfgang Sawallisch’s recordings
It’s hard to think of another book about a specific instrument that goes quite as deep as this
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