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
I’ve not always been kind to La Reverdie, but one must salute the remarkable stability of their cast and approach...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2022
This is one of those rare recitals that takes one risk after another – with handsome pay-offs in what initially...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 08/2022
Until recently girls had little choice when it came to top-level choristerships. The news that both St John’s, Cambridge, and...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 08/2022
After Winterreise (4/14) and Schwanengesang (A/19), Gerald Finley and Julius Drake arrive at Die schöne Müllerin. As with the previous...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2022
After an impressive debut album devoted to Schumann (11/20), the young German baritone Samuel Hasselhorn turns to Schubert for his...
Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 08/2022
A search reveals that the name of Pietro (or Pier) Giuseppe Sandoni has never appeared in Gramophone before, so a...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 08/2022
What a delicious surprise this has turned out to be. I’ll wager only a tiny minority of true Ravel aficionados...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2022
This is the fourth complete recording of Pettersson’s 24 Barefoot Songs for voice and piano (1943 c1949), the first to...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 08/2022
This is an imaginative and colourful juxtaposition of sacred music for choir and orchestra, different in style and intention as...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 08/2022
Katharina Bäuml and her stylish period wind ensemble are back. Recent recordings have been all-German affairs, but now Capella de...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 08/2022
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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