Lang Lang - Live at Carnegie Hall

Guo-ren Lang | Lang Lang

Deutsche Grammophon continues to display an erratic recent track record when it comes to recording and promotig young, photogenic pianists....

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 5/2004

Bizet Symphonies

Enrique Bátiz | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

This performance of Bizet's youthful Symphony is one that emphasizes its debt to the German-Austrian tradition established by Beethoven and...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 6/1990

Back to Bach

Kenneth Hamilton | Sergey Rachmaninov

It’s a good idea to read Kenneth Hamilton’s booklet before you listen to his disc. Not just because he is...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2017

Brahms Hungarian Dances; Moszkowski (20) Small Studies for Piano Op 91

Esther Budiardjo

This delightful record gives us world première recordings of both Moszkowski’s Etudes Op 91 and his arrangement for solo piano...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2003

Irene Scharrer Complete Recordings

Irene Scharrer was the soloist on one of the best-selling classical 78s of all time: the Scherzo from Litolff’s Concerto...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2012

Grieg/Schumann String Quartets

Orlando Quartet | Petersen Qt

Since Grieg owed much to Schumann, coupling their quartets seems a good idea. These G minor and A minor Quartets...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1994

FARRENC Piano Trios Nos 2 & 4 (Linos Ensemble)

Linos Ensemble

Overcoming the prejudice and condescension of the Parisian establishment, Louise Farrenc (1804‑75) was the most successful female composer of her...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 12/2023

BRAHMS, DOHNANYI String Quartets No 1

Quatuor Psophos

An interesting coupling, Brahms and Dohnányi being cut from similar bales of cloth, the younger composer’s First Quartet composed in...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: AW2014

Travels with my Lute

Ryosuke Sakamoto

Recorded in Sweden in 2005, this recital by the Japanese-born lutenist Ryosuke Sakamoto of 25 items ranges wide over the...

Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 11/2011

BRUCKNER Symphony No 9 (Hrůša)

Bamberger Symphoniker | Jakub Hrusa

It used to irk me when young pianists chose to include Beethoven’s last piano sonata in their debut recordings. It...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 07/2024