Brahms/Schumann Piano Works

Louis Lortie

It was shortly after Schumann's breakdown in 1854 that Brahms, just 21, wrote his F sharp minor Variations, taking the...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 8/1994

Mari Kodama: New Paths

Mari Kodama

‘New Paths’ refers of course to the title of Robert Schumann’s essay in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik in which...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 01/2023

BRAHMS Piano Quintet. SCHUMANN String Quartet No 1

Menahem Pressler | Pacifica Quartet

Most pianists approach the Brahms Quintet with a degree of trepidation, for it’s a big play and there’s a lot...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2017

BRAHMS Piano Pieces SCHUMANN Kinderszenen (Sarah Beth Briggs)

Sarah Beth Briggs

The British pianist Sarah Beth Briggs bookends her recital with Schumann, launching the disc with Papillons and ending with Kinderszenen....

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2019

For Clara: Works by Schumann & Brahms

Hélène Grimaud | Konstantin Krimmel

Hélène Grimaud’s new DG release, ‘For Clara’, is a bouquet of works by the two composers closest to Clara Wieck...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 10/2023

The Complete Warner Classics Edition Teldec and EMI Recordings Kurt Masur

Like so many great conductors from the past, recent or distant, over time Kurt Masur evolved his own sound, which...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 06/2022

Respighi Chamber Works

(The) Ambache

An agreeable collection‚ and further proof that Respighi was writing fine music long before Fontane di Roma arrived in 1916:...

Reviewed in issue 3/2002

Sibelius Piano Trios Vol 1

Folke Gräsbeck | Jaakko Kuusisto | Marko Ylönen | Satu Vänskä

All the works for piano trio gathered here were written between 1883-86, prior to Sibelius’s composition studies under Martin Wegelius...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 2/2004

Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle

Shortly before he died in 1868, Rossini orchestrated his last substantial masterpiece, the Petite Messe solennelle, not because it required...

Reviewed by Richard Osborne in issue: 6/2011

Arensky; Glazunov; Liadov Piano Works

Martin Cousin

Scottish pianist Martin Cousin’s 2006 disc debut of Rachmaninov’s First Sonata was greeted with widespread admiration. His latest disc underlines...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 1/2011