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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Lucie Horsch plays Vivaldi
It was big news earlier this year when Decca Classics signed Dutch teenager Lucie Horsch as its first-ever recorder player....
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2017
TCHAIKOVSKY The Nutcracker
The physical presentation of this Oehms Classics release in a standard slim jewel case isn’t going to win any prizes....
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 01/2017
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No1. Nutcracker Suite
Alexandra Dariescu has been garnering accolades for the past 10 years or so, and from this debut concerto disc I...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 01/2017
STRAUSS Elektra; Rosenkavalier - Suites
Given that the orchestra could be described as one of the key characters in Strauss’s Elektra, it is surprising that...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 01/2017
SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Concerto No 1. Symphony No 5
When it comes to the First Cello Concerto, the most obvious recent point of comparison is Alisa Weilerstein with the...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2017
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2
If you have your doubts about the various scored-up versions of Shostakovich’s string quartets for chamber orchestra, then Boris Giltburg’s...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 01/2017
SEARLE Symphonies Nos 3 & 5
If you want to hear a late-20th-century equivalent of ‘The Scream’ as suggested in the first movement of Mahler’s Tenth...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 01/2017
SCHREKER Orchestral Music from the Operas
Luxuriously orchestrated and sensuously intoxicating, the extended orchestral interludes found in Schreker’s operas are as fine an introduction as any...
Reviewed by Christian Hoskins in issue: 01/2017
RASMUSSEN Symphony No 2, The Earth Anew
We’ve waited a long time for the successor to Sunleif Rasmussen’s First Symphony, Oceanic Days (1997). John Storgårds eventually lost...
Reviewed by Andrew Mellor in issue: 01/2017
MOZART; NIELSEN Flute Concertos
When it comes to recordings of Mozart’s First Flute Concerto the choices of partner works are rarely of an originality...
Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: 01/2017
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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