Search the Reviews Database

SCRIABIN Preludes. Piano Sonata No 10 LISZT Late Works

Scriabin’s early 24 Preludes, Op 11, suggests that dreams and occasional nightmares can also be the soul of wit. And...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 05/2016

MOZART Gran Partita HAYDN Notturno

Trevor Pinnock knows a thing or two about Mozart and imparts to his youthful charges from the Royal Academy of...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 05/2016

DVOŘÁK; SUK; JANÁČEK String Quartets

Right from the off in Dvořák’s late G major Quartet you can tell that the Wihan Quartet are taking an...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 05/2016

LEONCAVALLI I Pagliacci MASCAGNI Cavalleria Rusticana

This new Cav and Pag is doubly treasurable. Not only – as the label’s blurb loudly but rightly proclaims –...

Reviewed by Hugo Shirley in issue: 05/2016

HANDEL Arie per la Cuzzoni

Handel’s roles composed for the Parmesan soprano Francesca Cuzzoni (1696-1778) have already been the subject of recital albums by artists...

Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 05/2016

TCHAIKOVSKY Souvenir de Florence

Tchaikovsky adored the city of Florence, returning there throughout his lifetime, paying tribute in his sextet Souvenir de Florence. He...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 05/2016

RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances

This is, first and foremost, a thoughtful disc of great charm. Under violinist-conductor Henry Raudales, the Munich Radio Orchestra approach...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2016

MENDELSSOHN. SCHUMANN Piano Concertos

Ingrid Fliter departs from her beloved Chopin for her latest disc on Linn. As on her Chopin concertos, she is...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2016

MAHLER Symphony No 1

Although David Gutman may have regretted the absence of the Philadelphia Orchestra in Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s recent recording of Mahler’s Tenth...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 05/2016

KRENEK Piano Concertos

Composers born in 1900, such as Aaron Copland, Kurt Weill and Ernst Krenek, were in the front line of those...

Reviewed by Arnold Whittall in issue: 05/2016

---

 

Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews

Gramophone Guides

---

---

---

---

---

---