Review - The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London
Rob Cowan dips into the latest Eloquence collections of the conductor’s recordings
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The Steinmeyer Organ in Nidaros Cathedral
With a specification that runs to 146 stops and an amazing 36 couplers, the 1930 Steinmeyer organ in Trondheim is...
Reviewed in issue 07/2015
Christopher Herrick: Power of Life
It may not go under the title of ‘Organ Fireworks’ but this latest offering from Christopher Herrick has all the...
Reviewed by Marc Rochester in issue: 07/2015
Xavier de Maistre: Moldau
Xavier de Maistre last graced these pages in October 2013 with a stunning disc of Mozart. His performance of the...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2015
IVES; BERG; WEBERN Concord
Pairing Ives with Second Viennese School composers is not usually the done thing. All the more reason then to attempt...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 07/2015
Antonio Meneses: Capriccioso
The cello has never drawn the same crowds as the violin or piano – otherwise the cellist-composers on this recording...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 07/2015
Liza Ferschtman; Tamsin Waley-Cohen Recitals
These two recitals have the Bartók Sonata as an important constituent but their focus is quite different. With Liza Ferschtman...
Reviewed by Duncan Druce in issue: 07/2015
Jorge Bolet: Ambassador from the Golden Age
This astonishing six disc tribute to Jorge Bolet, taken from concerts dating from 1937 89 and from a variety of...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 07/2015
USTVOLSKAYA 6 Piano Sonatas
Sabine Liebner on the Neos label is the place to go if you’re after a complete cycle of Galina Ustvolskaya’s...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 07/2015
SWEELINCK Ma Jeune Vie A Une Fin
Discs of Sweelinck’s keyboard music are still surprisingly uncommon. Robert Woolley has made a fine if unhurried start on working...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 07/2015
Sibelius on the Ainola Piano
Sibelius’s Steinway grand was a gift from a large cohort of his supporters on his 50th birthday in 1915. That...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 07/2015
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Replay: The Guarneri at the top of their game; François in concert; Demus in Dresden
Rob Cowan’s monthly survey of historic reissues and archive recordings
Pro-Ject Stereo Set E CD: Small System, Big Appeal
This compact, all-in-one hi-fi package from Pro-Ject strips away the system-matching fuss,...
Book review - The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz: A Story of Survival (by Anne Sebba)
‘There is very little comfort here for anyone who regards music as an ennobling or humanising force’
Review - Berliner Philharmoniker and Seiji Ozawa: A Tribute
Andrew Farach-Colton enjoys a sumptuous set of the Japanese conductor’s recordings
Shostakovich at 50: three new box-sets that do the composer justice
Rob Cowan on sets honouring a composer anniversary and a Croatian conductor
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