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
Dvořák’s 13 Poetic Tone Pictures (1889) have been recorded what is perhaps a surprising number of times. None of them...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2022
The selling-point of this enterprisingly programmed Debussy album is a newly designed concert grand from Bösendorfer – the 280 VC...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 11/2022
Steven Osborne’s new Hyperion recording of Debussy is a veritable feast, consisting of the most delicate and delectable dishes served...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2022
Esther Birringer’s instincts for colour and nuance work well in Debussy’s music. Her approach to rhythm sometimes proves problematic. In...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2022
This is the first in what promises to be a series of Greek piano music from Cyprien Katsaris, and very...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 11/2022
Peter Jablonski is no stranger to Chopin’s Mazurkas, having recorded the Opp 6, 24, 50 and 68 groups for a...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2022
Pianist Daniel Tong first came to my attention in 2013 through his sensitive and cultured coupling of Schubert’s A major...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2022
Norwegian violinist Bjarte Eike’s Alehouse Sessions have become something of a classical shibboleth – an after-hours musical secret that has...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 11/2022
‘Long before I could try them out with a continuo player I was fascinated by the variety of ideas in...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 11/2022
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Brodsky Quartet. Two original members remain from their early days as the...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 11/2022
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...
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
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
If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription to Gramophone please click here for further information.