Raff Cello Concertos

Bamberg Symphony Orchestra | Daniel Müller-Schott | Hans Stadlmair | Robert Kulek

After moving to Weimar as Liszt’s assistant in 1850, Joachim Raff liked to identify himself with the progressive ‘new German...

Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: 2/2006

Spohr String Quartets, Vol.6

New Budapest Qt

The project of recording all Spohr's string quartets has now reached Volume 6, and two of his finest works in...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1993

Davidov Cello Concertos

Alexander Polezhaev | Davidov Symphony Orchestra | Konstantin Krimets | Marina Tarasova

Here is pleasant romantic fare, nicely performed and generally well recorded. Karl Yulyevich Davidov (1838-89) was a cello prodigy who...

Reviewed in issue 11/1996

Bache Piano Concerto in E; Bennett Piano Concerto No 4

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | Howard Shelley

Hyperion’s “The Romantic Piano Concerto” series, a wealth of novelties and delights, has reached its 43rd issue. Here is the...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2007

Spohr Symphonies Nos 3 & 6

Howard Shelley | Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana

Howard Shelley has a strong feeling for the varieties and subtleties of Spohr’s symphonic style, and here continues his cycle...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 6/2010

Leigh Complete Chamber Works

English Piano Trio | Jane Faulkner | Justin Pearson | Locrian Ensemble | Timothy Ravenscroft | Yvonne Howard

Anyone looking for a forgotten but amiable mid-19th century English composer who wrote music in the shadow of Mendelssohn, need...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 1/2005

Bruch & Nielsen Violin Concertos

Lawrence Foster | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Nikolaj Znaider

In a world that’s richly stocked with marketable though often uninteresting young violinists, Nikolaj Znaider – who is still in...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 4/2001

Reger - Piano Chamber Music Vol 3

Even in the face of powerful competition from Claudius Tarski and the Mannheim Quartet (Dabringhaus und Grimm), the Fanny Mendelssohn...

Reviewed in issue 3/1999

NICOLAI Psalms

Frieder Bernius | Stuttgart Chamber Choir

Otto Nicolai (1810-49), a contemporary of Mendelssohn, is renowned for composing a delightful opera, Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, and...

Reviewed by Richard Lawrence in issue: AW/2012

Heifetz - In Performance

Brooks Smith | Emanuel Bay | Jascha Heifetz | Malcolm Sargent | New Symphony Orchestra | Osian Ellis

Even by 1971 television standards this is amateurishly put together, the visual elements matched only by RCA’s dismal presentation. This...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 9/2005