SHOSTAKOVICH; GLAZUNOV Violin Concertos

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra | Kirill Karabits | Nicola Benedetti

Chalk and cheese – or more aptly sweet and sour – is the flavour of this Glazunov and Shostakovich concerto...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 08/2016

SUK Complete Works for String Quartet

Matthias Kirschnereit | Minguet Quartet

We do not hear enough Josef Suk. That thought strikes me whenever the rare opportunities arise to listen to the...

Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 04/2015

WIDOR Organ Symphonies Nos 1-4

Christian Schmitt

The four symphonies of the Op 13 set originated in 1872. Nowadays we hear them – 24 movements in all...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 05/2015

KALLIWODA Violin Concertinos & Overtures

Ariadne Daskalakis | Cologne Academy | Michael Alexander Willens

Kalliwoda makes infrequent appearances on disc. I cannot find any mention in the Gramophone archives of these three overtures and...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW2015

PARRY English Lyrics and Other Songs Vol 1

Andrew West | James Gilchrist | Roderick Williams | Susan Gritton

Here is the first of three volumes from Somm which will embrace all 12 sets of Parry’s English Lyrics –...

Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 12/2015

CHAMINADE Piano Trios

Parnassus Trio

So far as I can see, this is only the second time that both of Chaminade’s piano trios have appeared...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2017

FRANÇAIX Music for Piano, Piano Duet & Two Pianos

Martin Jones is one of Britain’s most-recorded pianist, with complete sets of Mendelssohn and Brahms (to name but two) offset...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/2012

KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartets 7 & 8

Ehnes Quartet | James Ehnes | Mark Wigglesworth | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

James Ehnes has released more than 30 discs since 2000, making a major mark in significant swathes of the concerto...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 07/2014

URSPRUCH Works for Solo Piano

Ana-Marija Markovina

Biographical sketches of Anton Urspruch (1850-1907), a professor at the Hoch and Raff Conservatories in Frankfurt, make much of his association...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW17

FIELD Complete Nocturnes (Alice Sara Ott)

Gone are the days when one heard the name of John Field mentioned only as a precursor of Chopin. Now...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2025