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Works by Ullmann and Schoenberg

Coupling Ullmann and Schoenberg makes sense. Even in the desperate conditions of the concentration camp Theresienstadt, where his Rilke setting...

Reviewed in issue 11/1995

Bach Dialogue Cantatas

This is the second of Thomas Quasthoff’s Bach collaborations with this period-informed, modern-instrument ensemble, following a highly personal and distinctive...

Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 13/2007

Glenda Maurice at Wigmore Hall

Interest here centres on the songs by Vaughan Williams and Theodore Chanler. The Four Last Songs were written between 1954...

Reviewed in issue 5/1992

Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, K364; Concertone, K190

Eloquent soloists and delightfully pointed contributions from all members of the ECO under Sir Alexander Gibson's direction bring us highly...

Reviewed in issue 7/1984

Vaughan Williams Orchestral Works

After Handley's particularly fine recordings of the Sea Symphony and the Fifth Symphony, I find this new recording of the...

Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 9/1991

Beamish; Walton Viola Concertos

A product of the St Petersburg State Conservatory and later pupil of Kim Kashkashian and Nobuko Imai, Tatjana Masurenko is...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2009

Elgar Symphony No 2

Hearing again Sir Andrew Davis’s magnificently unforced and deeply moving 1992 recording of Elgar’s Second has merely confirmed its exceptional...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 7/2003

Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No. 2; Chopin Cello Sonata Op 65

The Dutch cellist Pieter Wispelwey, invariably an inspired artist, here couples two of the greatest cello sonatas from the early...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 12/2011

Stravinsky Symphony in C

Robert Craft’s best rostrum work involves relatively small forces and transparent textures, such as the Octet, which is here given...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 3/2009

Haydn Piano Sonatas Vol. 3

If, like me, you have been badly missing Alfred Brendel in Haydn since his retirement, let us celebrate a special...

Reviewed by Stephen Plaistow in issue: 12/2011

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