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Beethoven Piano Trios

The playing of Kyung-Wha Chung—sweet, sentient and sharply defined—almost persuaded me again of the violin's adapted and adopted role in...

Reviewed by hfinch in issue: 1/1995

Prokofiev Symphony No 6, Op 111; Waltz Suite,Op 110

Right from the first, goose-stepping bars, the lower brass of Kuchar’s Ukrainian orchestra help to make this an often uncompromising...

Reviewed in issue 1/1996

I Wish It So - Dawn Upshaw

Bernstein, Blitzstein Sondheim and Weill are a good quartet to explore in a recital. The connections between the four are...

Reviewed by Patrick O'Connor in issue: 12/1994

Bartók Piano Concertos

‘Blandly brilliant’ might seem something of a contradiction in terms, and yet that is how I would describe this particular...

Reviewed in issue 5/1996

Tü-u4r Flux

It looks as though news of the death of the symphony has been greatly exaggerated. Symphonies are appearing at a...

Reviewed by Stephen Johnson in issue: 1/2000

Schumann Mass, Op. 147

In Elysian Fields Schumann must be deeply gratified that long-neglected choral works of his later years are one by one...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 6/1989

Boulez Piano Sonatas Nos 1 - 3

Boulez’s piano sonatas boast a number of complete recordings, each with something distinctive to offer. Equally, I was struck while...

Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 5/2005

Repighi Songs, Volume 1

Leonardo de Lisi is a discovery, a lyric tenor (though capable of a ringing forte, as he slightly too often...

Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 9/1997

Bartók Piano Concertos 1-3

There can be little doubt that the one digital recording included here – that of the First Concerto – is...

Reviewed in issue 12/1996

Grieg Lyric Pieces

Here, surely, is a classic recording, one of calibre and status for all time. Rarely can a great artist have...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/1997

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