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
The first thing that comes to mind when seeing the cover of protean guitarist Sean Shibe’s latest release is Watteau’s...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2022
Don’t be put off by this album’s subtitle, ‘Contemporary Organ Music’. Although there are some ‘tough’ patches, these five pieces...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 10/2022
Gustav Leonhardt (1928-2012) had a long and extraordinarily productive career, and his discography includes not just the legendary harpsichord recordings...
Reviewed by Philip Kennicott in issue: 10/2022
The supremely gifted Israeli violinist/viola player Nurit Stark has a passion for contemporary music and her command of tonal colour,...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 10/2022
Sources close to the 2021 Chopin Competition jury say that had it not been for some inspired risk-taking from the...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2022
Matthew Owens’s first album of Pachelbel’s organ works from The Queen’s College, Oxford (10/21) was praised for his sensitive insights...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 10/2022
Composers such as Hans Neusidler, whose works could be seen as integral to the development of their instrument’s repertoire –...
Reviewed by William Yeoman in issue: 10/2022
In the small differences between Mussorgsky’s original piano score and Rimsky-Korsakov’s revision, Jimin Oh-Havenith sticks quite faithfully to the manuscript....
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2022
Composers who write piano études usually aim for bravura and surface flash. Not so Kevin Volans. Although his études certainly...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 10/2022
Daniel Jones (1912-93) is best known as the composer of 13 symphonies, eight string quartets, choral works and the incidental...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 10/2022
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...
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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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