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Review of Liberte. Egalite. Sororite

Liberte. Egalite. Sororite

Anthony Robb | David Juritz | Diana Ambache | Jeremy Polmear | Neyire Ashworth | Philip Gibbon | Rebecca Knight | Richard Dilley

Ambache

The latest album from Diana Ambache’s own label explores six works written between 1861 and 1952, and quietly reminds us...

Reviewed by Tim Ashley in issue: 05/2016

Review of POTTER Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4

POTTER Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 4

Howard Shelley | Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Hyperion

This is only the second CD ever devoted to Cipriani Potter, though he was a significant and distinguished figure during...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2017

Review of BUXTEHUDE Trio Sonatas Op 1

BUXTEHUDE Trio Sonatas Op 1

Arcangelo

Alpha

In their quickly expanding discography Jonathan Cohen’s Arcangelo are showing themselves to be among the most versatile ensembles around, as...

Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW17

Review of PEJAČEVIĆ Complete Piano Works

PEJAČEVIĆ Complete Piano Works

Natasa Veljkovic

CPO

My introduction to Dora Pejačević (1885-1923) came via the sixth of CPO’s pioneering discs devoted to her music (7/15), featuring...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2016

Review of Divertissement! (C/O Chamber Orchestra)

Divertissement! (C/O Chamber Orchestra)

c/o chamber orchestra

BIS

This is the debut recording of the C/O Chamber Orchestra, an ensemble of 30 players from across Europe based in...

Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 09/2021

Review of STANFORD String Quartets Nos 1, 2 & 6 (Dante Quartet)

STANFORD String Quartets Nos 1, 2 & 6 (Dante Quartet)

Dante Quartet

Somm Recordings

Hats off, folks: the completion of the first full recorded cycle of Stanford’s string quartets deserves a moment of acknowledgement....

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 03/2020

Review of PICKER Opera Without Words. The Encantadas

PICKER Opera Without Words. The Encantadas

Giancarlo Guerrero | Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Naxos

Tobias Picker’s Opera Without Words is a brilliantly colourful concerto for orchestra in which the purely instrumental voices are taken...

Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 10/2020

Review of Brahms (2) Cello Sonatas; Schumann (5) Pieces in Folk Style

Brahms (2) Cello Sonatas; Schumann (5) Pieces in Folk Style

Boris Berman | Clive Greensmith

Biddulph

All cellists are attracted to Brahms’s two sonatas for their instrument, not surprisingly. The works are of sufficient stature to...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/2008

Review of Schumann/Brahms Piano Concertos

Schumann/Brahms Piano Concertos

Dallas Symphony Orchestra | Eduardo Mata | Ivan Moravec

Dorian

A Schumann Concerto full of insight and a Brahms First that just misses the mark. Both recordings were taped live...

Reviewed in issue 11/2000

Review of Brahms; Franz; Schumann LIeder

Brahms; Franz; Schumann LIeder

Alexander Schmalcz | Stephan Loges

Minerva

As it progressed I enjoyed these performances more and more. Loges sings a Dichterliebe that need fear no comparison. His...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 10/2005

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