Brahms/Schumann Viola & Piano Works

Nobuko Imai | Roger Vignoles

It was the violinist Joachim who suggested to Brahms that he should adapt his recently written two Clarinet Sonatas, Op....

Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 10/1987

Brahms: Chamber Works

Cleveland Orch Quartet | Franklin Cohen | Jenö Jandó | Kodály Quartet | Stephen Geber | Vladimir Ashkenazy

Let's take the Naxos CD first. It begins with the Schumann Quintet, and Jeno Jando and the Kodaly Quartet give...

Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 2/1991

BRAHMS Violin Sonatas Nos 1-3

Gabriele Seidel-Hell | Ingolf Turban

Ingolf Turban marks 30 years of performing with the release of this recital recorded live in Munich last April. He...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 04/2017

BRAHMS; SCHUMANN Sonatas and Songs (Christian Poltéra)

Christian Poltéra | Kathryn Stott

When both Schumann and Brahms were so enthusiastic about the instrument, cellists can rightly mourn that Schumann didn’t leave more...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 04/2020

Rendez-vous with Martha Argerich

There are live recordings and there are live recordings. Some catapult you straight to the event while others leave you...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 11/2019

Schumann Piano Recital

Mikhail Kazakevich

Few debut discs have been more energetically promoted. Described in the accompanying booklet as ''one of Russia's best kept musical...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 7/1994

Lotte Lehmann sings Lieder

Anonymous Pianist(s) | Berlin State Opera Orchestra | Frieder Weissmann | Lotte Lehmann | Paul Mania | Paul Ulanowsky

This disc comprises six of Lehmann's Odeons, six Victors (1939; all Wolf) and 14 Columbias (1941), divided between Richard Strauss...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/1995

Organ Dreams, Vol 3

Christopher Herrick

2002 is something of a landmark year for the organist Christopher Herrick. Following his 60th birthday in May‚ Hyperion are...

Reviewed in issue 9/2002

Gernsheim Symphonies Nos 1 - 4

Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra | Siegfried Köhler

‘Eminent player, composer and conductor’, says Grove 4. ‘He was at his best in chamber music, notably the Piano Quintet...

Reviewed in issue 8/1999

Sofya Gulyak: Chaconne

Sofya Gulyak

Sofya Gulyak builds her new Champs Hill release around a series of chaconnes, dating from the early 18th century through...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 01/2018