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A Tabernacle Organ Duo Extravaganza
John Longhurst | Robert Cundick
This record is my 'turkey' of the year. The Salt Lake Tabernacle organ is an impressive instrument and with four...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1991
BRUCH Violin Concerto No 1. Serenade
Antje Weithaas | Hermann Baümer | North German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Following her fine performances of the Second Concerto and the Scottish Fantasy (10/14), Antje Weithaas turns her attention to the...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: AW2015
BLOCH Schelomo. Voice in the Wilderness BRUCH Kol Nidrei
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra | Ilan Volkov | Natalie Clein
Schelomo (‘Solomon’) grew from a project to set verses from the book of Ecclesiastes but Bloch later opted for a...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 09/2012
Bloch; Bruch; Kotova Cello Concertos
Constantine Orbelian | Nina Kotova | Russian Philharmonia
It is a long time since instrumental virtuosi were expected to provide much of their own repertoire. Though it was...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 4/2003
BRUCH Violin Concerto No 2
There’s much to admire in Jack Liebeck’s patrician account of Bruch’s D minor Violin Concerto. His playing is virtually flawless...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 01/2017
Bruch Symphonies
Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra | James Conlon
Max Bruch's three symphonies are not neglected masterpieces that need only competent performance, to reveal their stature. They are works...
Reviewed by Michael Oliver in issue: 4/1994
Schubert Sonata in A Minor; Sonata in D Major; Impromptu in E Flat
Lev Oborin | Sviatoslav Richter
Sviatoslav Richter’s Schubert has always provoked controversy and APR’s reissue of recordings dating from 1956 57 is a savage reminder...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 13/2009
'Duo'
Sol Gabetta has always had a singular ability to make the cello sing in an oddly delicate and feminine way...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 01/2013
Chaliapin Edition (The), Vol. 1, 1902-1908
The inauguration of a complete Chaliapin edition on CD is news. There have been plenty of recital-discs (EMI, Nimbus, Pearl,...
Reviewed in issue 5/2001
Nicola Benedetti: Homecoming
Nothing becomes Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy more than those opening chords on sombre wind band that seem to echo the twilight...
Reviewed by Adrian Edwards in issue: 09/2014
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