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Rubinstein Kamennïy-ostrow, Vol 1
In 1853-54 he produced this set of musical portraits, character sketches of members of her court. Even if we could...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 5/2000
The French Connection
Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Neville Marriner | Osian Ellis
These performances are beautifully recorded with, in the case of Le tombeau de Couperin, CD heightening one's appreciation of Ravel's...
Reviewed in issue 2/1985
R Strauss - Early Orchestral Works II
In this tenth volume of Koch Schwann’s ‘Unknown Strauss’ edition, Karl Anton Rickenbacher again secures some excellent playing, and the...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 9/2000
BÉRIOT Violin Concertos Nos 4, 6 & 7
Ayana Tsuji | Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra | Michael Halász
It’s extraordinary how potent cheap music is. So goes that delicious quote of Noël Coward’s, and perhaps rather naughtily it’s...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 05/2017
Rachmaninov; Tchaikovsky Piano Trios
A more apposite coupling might have been two Russian “in memoriam” piano trios (Tchaikovsky’s written in memory of Nikolai Rubinstein,...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 2/2011
JS BACH St Matthew Passion (Cleobury)
The death of Stephen Cleobury last November, seven months after he had ended his 37 years as Music Director of...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 05/2020
Strauss, R (Ein) Heldenleben; Tod und Verklärung
A very generously filled Double Decca gathers some of Vladimir Ashkenazy’s Prokofiev recordings into a most enjoyable programme. Four symphonies...
Reviewed by jjolly in issue: 11/2002
Bach St Luke's Passion
Those who love Bach will want to investigate the St Luke Passion, not because it necessarily confirms or disabuses us...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 9/1997
GADE Chamber Works
Just over two decades ago, Niels W Gade’s 1864 Sextet was hailed in these pages as his ‘finest extended chamber...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 08/2015
GERNSHEIM Violin Concertos
Hamburg Symphony Orchestra | Johannes Zurl | Linus Roth
Friedrich Gernsheim (1839-1916) clings to the footnotes of musical history. A child prodigy (at his Frankfurt debut he was the...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2016
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