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
Elena Firsova’s 18-minute, three-movement Piano Concerto – not to be confused with her Piano Concerto No 1 of 1985, which...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 03/2024
The concept behind Mathieu Herzog’s Appassionato would seem to me to be one of chamber music (and the mindset implicit...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 03/2024
Domingo Hindoyan’s interpretation of the Fourth Symphony is well paced, admirably attentive to dynamics and avoids any interpretative eccentricities. Solo...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 03/2024
This vividly recorded account of Britten’s 1939 Violin Concerto is uniquely paired with the Double Concerto for violin and viola...
Reviewed by Geraint Lewis in issue: 03/2024
Born in London in 1954, Adam Pounds attended the London College of Music before going on to study privately with...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 03/2024
This Katya Kabanova forms the second instalment of Simon Rattle’s LSO Live series of Janáček’s major operas, begun in summer...
Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 03/2024
John Holt’s eighth recording for Crystal begins with eight pleasant recital pieces before finishing with a chamber music masterwork, Eric...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 03/2024
The National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic may be an occasional ensemble, tied to annual festivals at the University of Maryland, but...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 03/2024
Collaborative undertakings for the stage comprise a significant portion of Thomas Cabaniss’s oeuvre – not only operas but dance works...
Reviewed by Thomas May in issue: 03/2024
With so many superb young string quartets active on the music scene, it is heartening to realise that the genre...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 03/2024
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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