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
In Vladimir Jurowski’s hands, the first movement of Beethoven’s Symphony No 2 is a study in contrasts. He paces the...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 10/2022
Having completed distinctive and imaginative recordings of Bach’s seven solo harpsichord concertos and Triple Concerto (7/20, 4/21), Francesco Corti moves...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 10/2022
A pupil of Ireland at the RCM (1935-39), Richard Arnell was shaped musically by those inter-war influences of post-Romanticism and...
Reviewed by Jeremy Dibble in issue: 10/2022
Here’s the most exciting tenor discovery to come my way since the appearance of Jonas Kaufmann on the big international...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 10/2022
Music for percussion is more abundant than one might assume. Beyond the confines of the symphony orchestra lies a vast...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 09/2022
Little can be added to Andrew Farach-Colton’s detailed article in the November 2021 issue about the the life and art...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 09/2022
Karl Kohn, Professor Emeritus at Pomona College in California, where he taught for over 40 years, made frequent appearances on...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 09/2022
Bright, brash, breezy: attributes one often associates with American orchestral music and which Peter Boyer (b1970) delivers in spadefuls. Right...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2022
In the period since he made his first recording of music by Bach (2009), guitarist Jason Vieaux has explored a...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 09/2022
To mix Wagnerian metaphors for an instant, the holy grail of Wagner’s Tristan seems to have been a frequent target...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 09/2022
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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