FRANCES-HOAD Stolen Rhythm

David Cohen | Ivana Gavric | Nicholas Daniel | Paul Hoskins | Phoenix Piano Trio | Rambert Orchestra

The largest work on this third Champs Hill release devoted entirely to Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s music is Katharsis (2013), written for...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2017

Landmarks of Recorded Pianism, Vol 1

Piano rarities rule the roost in this long-anticipated release. Let’s start with its rarest of rarest, a portion of the...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2018

DUSSEK Piano Concertos (Howard Shelley)

Howard Shelley | Ulster Orchestra

Howard Shelley’s new recording with the Ulster Orchestra of three of Jan Ladislav Dussek’s concertos is a sequel to their...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW18

Mahler Symphony No 3

Manfred Honeck | Michelle DeYoung | Pittsburgh Mendelssohn Choir | Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

In sonic terms this is right up there with Chailly’s Decca-engineered version as the most ear-popping in the current catalogue....

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 11/2011

NIELSEN Little Suite Op 1 TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings

Øyvind Gimse | Trondheim Soloists

This Blu-ray disc is experimental, made with at least half an eye on techniques of recording. Living literally up to...

Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 12/2012

NIELSEN; TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concertos

Danish National Symphony Orchestra | Elvind Gullberg Jensen | Vilde Frang

Vilde Frang’s compelling, individual performance of the Tchaikovsky compares most interestingly with Ray Chen’s recent recording. Her volatility, her extravagant...

Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 09/2012

Myra Hess-1938-1942 Recordings

Myra Hess

Those who, sadly, retain an image of Dame Myra Hess as either a sober-suited pianist inclined towards severity or a...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/1996

JS BACH Violin Sonata No 4 SCHUMANN 3 Fantasiestücke

Itzhak Perlman | Martha Argerich

‘Oh my God! I would love to play with her’ is Itzhak Perlman’s exclamation in the single-page conversation that precedes...

Reviewed by David Threasher in issue: 10/2016

Brahms; Schumann Piano Quintet and Quartet

Bruno Pasquier | Gordan Nicolitch | Ian Jones | Jean-Claude Pennetier | Jean-Jacques Kantorow | Joy Farrell | Justin Pearson | Lorraine McAslan | Michael Ponder | Truls Mørk

In 1907, Rebecca Clarke became the first woman to be admitted into Stanford’s composition class at London’s Royal College of...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/2001

Brahms String Quartet 3; Schumann Piano Quintet

Manfred Qt | Vincent Coq

Generally reliable music-making that smacks of careful preparation but lacks excitement. Tempos tend to the slow side (there is nothing...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 5/1998