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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GLINKA Ruslan and Lyudmila
As the curtains part during Glinka’s whiplash Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila, the Bolshoi audience breaks into applause. Is it...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2016
BRITTEN A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Only 300 people could fit into Aldeburgh’s tiny Jubilee Hall for the premiere of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1960....
Reviewed by Richard Fairman in issue: 11/2016
BERG Wozzeck
Wozzeck sees red: the red moon; a bloody knife; flames in the sky. Zurich Opera’s production, directed by Andreas Homoki,...
Reviewed by Neil Fisher in issue: 11/2016
Rarities of Piano Music 2015
The annual Husum disc, issued just before the succeeding year’s festival opens, aims to represent every pianist invited to play....
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2016
Benjamin Grosvenor: Homages
There are few young pianists around today to whose latest release one looks forward as eagerly as one does to...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2016
Tatyana Nikolaieva: The 1989 Herodes Atticus Odeon Recital
Look at the close-ups on any YouTube video of Tatyana Nikolaieva’s pianism and you will see on full display the...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2016
Kentner plays Balakirev, Lyapunov & Liszt
The Hungarian-naturalised-British pianist Louis (Lajos) Kentner is today probably most frequently associated with Liszt, no doubt because of the several...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2016
MOZART Complete Piano Sonatas
According to the blurb on the back cover of his Mozart sonata cycle, Fazıl Say aims to capture ‘a certain...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 11/2016
MENDELSSOHN 6 Organ Sonatas
Mendelssohn’s six organ sonatas do not crop up all that often on the same disc. They tend to come as...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2016
Après un rêve: A Fauré Recital
The French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie is nothing if not versatile. His Beethoven sonatas (1/11) demonstrated a thoughtful approach to canonic...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 11/2016
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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