Recent Reviews
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy Decca · 4557982 · 3 hours 50 minutes Ashkenazy knows this music from the inside out, having…
Marin Alsop
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Marin Alsop Naxos · 8570714 · 64 minutes Marin Alsop takes the “New World” and strips away some…
Claudio Abbado
Deborah York (soprano) & Stella Doufexis (mezzo-soprano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado Berliner Philharmoniker · BPHR160081 · 95 minutes There’s something almost…
Ludwig van Beethoven
Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Decca · 4872064 · 73 minutes These three sonatas ask a pianist to let go of the piano-as-instrument…
Béla Bartók
Marmen Quartet BIS · BIS2693 · 67 minutes Pairing Ligeti’s two quartets with Bartók’s Fourth is such a smart bit of…
Samuel Barber
Johan Dalene (violin), Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Blendulf BIS · BIS2440 · 58 minutes Pairing Tchaikovsky with Barber is a smart…
Johann Sebastian Bach
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano) Deutsche Grammophon · 4835022 · 77 minutes Víkingur Ólafsson approaches Bach less like a monument to be dusted…
String Quartets Nos. 5-7 – Matthew Taylor
TAYLOR String Quartets Nos. 5, 6 & 7 Matthew Taylor (b.1964) Dante String Quartet, Allegri String Quartet,…
Tartini: 30 Sonate piccole – Sheppard Skærved
TARTINI 30 Sonate piccole, Nos. 1-6 (c.1750-70) Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) Peter Sheppard Skærved (violin) TOCCATA TOCC 0146…
Sweelinck Organ Works – Vogel and Kelemen
SWEELINCK Organ Works – Vol. 1 (Harald Vogel) / Organ Works (Joseph Kelemen) Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)…
Strauss: Don Quixote – Darlington
STRAUSS Don Quixote Richard Strauss (1864-1949) Friedemann Pardall (cello), Mathias Feger (viola), Duisburger Philharmoniker/Jonathan Darlington ACOUSENCE ACO22012…
Arcangelo Corelli
Rachel Podger (violin) Channel Classics · CCSSA44422 · 67 minutes There’s something almost defiant about a program built entirely on unaccompanied…
Anton Bruckner
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck Reference Recordings · FR-733 · 63 minutes Bruckner never got to finish this one, and there’s…
Pergolesi: La Salustia – Rovaris
PERGOLESI La Salustia Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) Vittorio Prato (Marziano), Serena Malfi (Salustia), Laura Polverelli (Giulia), Florin…
Penderecki and Lutoslawski Quartets – Royal String Quartet
PENDERECKI String Quartets Nos. 1-3; LUTOSLAWSKI String Quartet (Royal String Quartet) Royal String Quartet Hyperion CDA67943 (59:24)…
Pergolesi: The Seven Words – Jacobs
PERGOLESI The Seven Words Uttered by the Dying Christ on the Cross Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736) Sophie…
Pickard: Piano Concerto, Sea-Change and Tenebrae
PICKARD Piano Concerto, Sea-Change, Tenebrae John Pickard (b.1963) Frederik Ullén (piano), Norrköping Symphony Orchestra/Martyn Brabbins BIS-CD-1873 (74:02)…
Busoni Piano Music Volume 8 – Wolf Harden
BUSONI Piano Music Volume 8: 24 Preludes, Op. 37; Macchiette medioevali, Op. 33 Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) Wolf…
Brzezinski Piano Works – Barbara Pakura
PAKURA Brzeziński, Szulc: Piano and Violin Works (Acte Préalable) Barbara Pakura (piano), Irena Kalinowska-Grohs (violin) Acte Préalable…
Arnold Bax
BBC Philharmonic, Vernon Handley Chandos · CHAN10122(5) · 5 hours 54 minutes Bax’s symphonies live in this weird, wonderful space between…
