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
Between them violinist Antje Weithaas and pianist Dénes Várjon made me question the very basis of how I, as a...
Reviewed in issue 06/2024
Celebrating their 25th anniversary, the Euclid Quartet’s new recording showcases contrasting musical gems. All of them are favourite encores and...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 06/2024
This rather attractive album highlights the virtuosity of American percussionist Lee Hinkle, principal percussionist of the 21st Century Consort (based...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 06/2024
The debut album by David Potvin – a young, prize-winning pianist based in Montreal – reveals a strong affinity for...
Reviewed by Stephen Cera in issue: 06/2024
The Crossing, the sterling Philadelphia-based chamber choir, continue their exploration of social and environmental issues with ‘Motion Studies’, a vibrant...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 06/2024
You wouldn’t want to be going out at night in Los Angeles after listening to Adams’s City noir. Dark, menacing...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: 06/2024
Necessity is the mother of invention. In the spring of 2021, Christof Loy was supposed to direct a new production...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 05/2024
Remember when we used to be told that there was no significant British opera between Purcell and Britten? If there...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2024
Rossini’s Le siège de Corinthe, written for the Paris Opéra in 1826, was a game-changer in the history of opera....
Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 05/2024
Pergolesi’s two frothy intermezzi originated as light relief between the acts of opere serie (18th-century Neapolitan audiences demanded, and got,...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 05/2024
Rob Cowan on a revealing collection of recordings by the Russian violinist David Oistrakh
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