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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Mike Block: Echoes of Bach
In the same year that Berklee Press released Mike Block’s book of 28 non classical cello études and he joined...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 02/2019
Discovering the Classical String Trio, Vol 2
The Vivaldi Project consists of three superb string players – Elizabeth Field, Allison Edberg Nyquist and Stephanie Vial – who...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2019
Johanna Lundy: Canyon Songs
At the heart of this programme is an impressively virtuoso performance, on unaccompanied horn, of Bach’s Solo Flute Partita, BWV1013....
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 02/2019
GRILL Rustling Flights of Wings
Art songs being among the most intimate of musical expressions, this recording of 24 such works shows Stanley Grill to...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 02/2019
GRIEG; STRAUSS Cello Sonatas (Rosen & Walters)
The sonatas performed on this captivating disc by the cellist Marcy Rosen and pianist Susan Walters came from the minds...
Reviewed by Donald Rosenberg in issue: 02/2019
Lucas Wong: Rediscovering Couperin & Rameau
Put simply, Lucas Wong’s piano interpretations of Couperin and Rameau yield nothing to Marcelle Meyer, Alexandre Tharaud or Angela Hewitt...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2019
BRAHMS Cello Sonatas (Fischer Duo)
Celebrating the approach of their 50th anniversary the Fischer Duo – Norman Fischer and his wife Jeanne Kierman – unfold...
Reviewed by Laurence Vittes in issue: 02/2019
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev: Reflections
Let me introduce you to Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev, a young Russian pianist of whom you will probably not have heard unless...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2019
Moye Chen: Four Worlds
The programme is an interesting – indeed, unique – collection of more or less popular virtuoso encores composed by great...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 02/2019
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet Plays Schumann
For his first-ever Schumann recital, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has put together an intriguing programme, one in which he by no means...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2019
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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