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
Hard on the heels of two orchestral pieces performed by the Estonian Festival Orchestra (Alpha, 9/22) – the first review...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: AW22
Harry Christophers continues his exploration of Haydn’s late music with a pairing of the penultimate symphony and antepenultimate Mass. The...
Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: AW22
Glaring musicological errors proliferate in Ricercar’s booklet note and blurb. The truth is that nobody knows when or why Handel...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: AW22
‘A divine surprise’, Hervé Niquet calls this music, going on to imply that he hasn’t encountered Handel’s Coronation Anthems before....
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW22
Here’s a welcome follow-up to Lyrita’s own bold coupling (2/08) of those two substantial concertos for piano and cello (premiered...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: AW22
Every Brahms lieder recital is bound to be a new journey into the half-lights of the composer’s psyche. But for...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: AW22
The furtive, conspiratorial opening of the Haydn overture promises buffo merriment. Jollity, though, is short-lived. From Haydn’s tragic Scena di...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW22
The early post-pandemic concerts enjoyed some of the best and best-behaved audiences. Apart from the collective thirst for live music,...
Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: AW22
What better way to mark the half-century celebration of Blackburn Cathedral’s groundbreaking and iconic JW Walker instrument of 1969 than...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: AW22
This Champs Hill recital disc is a piece of the prize package for the Windsor Festival International String Competition, which...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: AW22
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
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