Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
We used to see Shostakovich’s output discussed in terms of confessional chamber works and public symphonies, not that the division...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: AW20
This thoughtful coupling, one that might have been expected to initiate a whole series of recordings from the two Russian-born,...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: AW20
'He commands light and shade’, wrote Busoni about Mozart, ‘but his light never blinds, and his darkness still shows clear...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: AW20
Haydn had already acquired a reputation for the antic and the eccentric – inspired or downright offensive, according to taste...
Reviewed by Richard Wigmore in issue: AW20
As is evident from both the booklet notes and their playing, Jörg Widmann and András Schiff share a love of...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW20
Two new recordings centred around the Brahms cello sonatas – what riches! Daniel Müller-Schott makes his second appearance on disc...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: AW20
I listened to an awful lot of Vivaldi concertos during lockdown – all 484 of those currently available on disc....
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW20
The classical saxophone album often appears in one of two basic formats. First, there’s the variety-pack version, which blends core...
Reviewed by Pwyll ap Siôn in issue: AW20
‘Double’ clarinets could, I suppose, have been a bit of a procession of unremarkable and maybe overlong Classical and early...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: AW20
‘A breathtaking documentary about the greatest symphony of all time.’ ‘Not just for fans of classical music!’ You have been...
Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: AW20
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
New releases celebrate iconic recordings, fresh discoveries and musical adventures across the...
WiiM Ultra/VibeLink Amp: an ultra-compact take on the ‘just add speakers’ system, this affordable...
‘With Karajan controlling everything, would Large cave in and take what amounted to a secretarial...
‘Yudina really was a “symbol of nonconformism” among Soviet musicians, dressed like a nun and in the...
Mark Pullinger leafs through an idiosyncratic selection from Erato’s Bizet back catalogue
If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription to Gramophone please click here for further information.