Seiji Ozawa: Complete recordings on Deutsche Grammophon

I was born and raised in Boston, so I feel as if I grew up with Seiji Ozawa, musically speaking....

Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 06/2019

Beethoven Works for Violin and Orchestra

Jaime Laredo | Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Jaime Laredo's performance of the Beethoven Concerto is scholarly, cultured and innovative. It is also daring, in that Laredo chooses...

Reviewed by mjameson in issue: 4/1992

CHOPIN Mazurkas

Pavel Kolesnikov

Chopin is far and away the most popular among his coevals, Mendelssohn, Schumann and Liszt, and much of his music...

Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: AW16

Landmarks of Recorded Pianism, Vol 2

Arnold Dolmetsch | Etelka Freund | Moriz Rosenthal | Percy Grainger | Reah Sadowsky | Rosita Renard

Like its predecessor (8/18), the second volume of Marston’s ‘Landmarks’ series teems with revelations and curios alike. It begins with...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2020

Yuja Wang - The Verbier Festival Debut Recital 2008

Yuja Wang

Yuja Wang first came to international attention in 2007 when she stood in for Martha Argerich in Boston. A few...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2023

Mischa Levitzki: The Complete HMV Recordings

APR first issued this iconic collection in 1992 (APR7020, 6/92). It was a revelation for many pianophiles who had either...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2024

Victoria de los Angeles - Song Recitals 1950

Madge Wilmotte | R Cayla | Victoria de los Ángeles

The first 15 items of this wonderful CD are taken from a Paris broadcast, the remaining nine from a relay...

Reviewed by Alan Blyth in issue: 11/2003

Julius Katchen: Berlin 1962, 1964

Julius Katchen

Audite’s two-CD set of recordings made for RIAS Berlin in 1962 and 1964 adds several first issues to Julius Katchen’s...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 07/2014

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Eduard van Beinum | George Szell | Karl Böhm | Kyrill Kondrashin | Paul van Kempen | Pierre Monteux

Any home-grown Royal Concertgebouw collection has at least one distinct advantage over similar anthologies devoted to other orchestras: the superlative...

Reviewed in issue 2/1994

Chopin Piano Concertos

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | Murray Perahia | Zubin Mehta

Despite the attendant hazards, Perahia has never made any secret of his liking for the ''inspirational heat-of-the-moment'' of a live...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 6/1990