Nielsen & Sibelius Violin Concertos

Cho-Liang Lin has an enviable reputation on record not only for his dazzling technique and flawless intonation but his instinctive...

Reviewed by Robert Layton in issue: 1/1989

THALBERG L'Art du Chant (Paul Wee)

Paul Wee

L’art du chant appliqué au piano consists of 26 numbers published in four volumes between 1853 and 1863, each containing...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2020

FAURÉ Nocturnes & Barcarolles (Marc-André Hamelin)

Marc-André Hamelin

To whichever composer Marc-André Hamelin turns his (amazing) hand(s), he reinvents himself, chameleon-like, to convince you that he is the...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2023

Haochen Zhang: Brahms, Liszt, Janáček and Schumann

Haochen Zhang

Haochen Zhang first came to my attention through an excellent selection of live performances from the 2009 International Van Cliburn...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2017

Walter Gieseking: The Complete 1950s Solo Studio Recordings

Walter Gieseking

These aren’t quite the ‘complete’ Walter Gieseking 1950s solo studio recordings of Brahms, Schubert and Schumann, in that the pianist’s...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 08/2017

Edition Geza Anda Vol 2

Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra | Géza Anda

These recordings dating from 1955-69 and taken from the West German Radio Archives celebrate the artistry of Géza Anda whose...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 8/2008

Wilhelm Kempff - Complete 1950s Concertos Recordings

Anatole Fistoulari | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Franz Konwitschny | Josef Krips | Karl Münchinger | London Symphony Orchestra | Paul van Kempen | Staatskapelle Dresden | Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra | Suisse Romande Orchestra

Here on five CDs are Wilhelm Kempff’s complete Decca and DG concerto recordings dating from the 1950s. Most mercurial of...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2003

Voices of our Time - Grace Bumbry

Grace Bumbry | Helmut Deutsch

‘Does she still sing?’ That was Helmut Deutsch’s first question on learning that he had been invited to accompany Grace...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 13/2004

Hermann Abendroth - Unreleased Broadcast Performaces 1939-50

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Bernd Aldenhoff | Breslau Reichssenders Large Orchestra | Edith Laux-Heidenreich | Eva Fleischer | Heinz Matthei | Hermann Abendroth | Josef Greindl | Karl Paul | Lea Piltti

Hard on the heels of the new Gloria recording (BIS‚ 8/01) comes another Emma Kirkby CD of Handel’s sacred works...

Reviewed in issue 9/2001

Goethe Lieder

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | Karl Engel

A note in the booklet informs us that this live recording, made at the Stockholm Festival in 1970, was taken...

Reviewed in issue 3/1996