Recent Reviews
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…
Balakirev: Incidental Music
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, USSR State Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nikolai Anosov, Leo Ginzburg Naxos · 980993 · 43 minutes Balakirev doesn’t…
Géza Anda
Géza Anda (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm Prospero Classical · PROSP0100 · 79 minutes There’s something magnetic about hearing…
Balakirev: Overtures
Dinara Klinton (piano), Niederrheinsche Sinfoniker, Mihkel Kutson MDG · MDG95222366 · 67 minutes Balakirev tends to get filed under “the guy…
Chopin Piano Concertos – Cherkassky
CHOPIN Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Shura Cherkassky (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Christopher…
Debussy: 24 Preludes (orch. Breiner) – Märkl
DEBUSSY 24 Preludes, Books I and II (orch. Peter Breiner) Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Jun…
Harmonica and Strings – Gianluca Littera
A Breath Between the Strings: Jacob, Moody, Kinsey (Gianluca Littera) Gianluca Littera, harmonica; Quartetto Energie Nove Dynamic…
Britten Complete String Quartets – Emperor Quartet
BRITTEN The Music for String Quartet Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) Emperor Quartet; John Metcalfe (viola, Phantasy) BIS BIS2640…
Debussy Piano Four-Hands – Armengaud and Chauzu
DEBUSSY Petite Suite, Marche écossaise, Six Épigraphes antiques, Première Suite d’orchestre Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Jean-Pierre Armengaud and…
Penderecki: Piano and Flute Concertos – Barry Douglas
PENDERECKI Piano Concerto, Flute Concerto / Fonogrammi, Horn Concerto etc. / Serenade, Sinfoniettas etc. (Antoni Wit) Barry…
Bruckner Symphonies Nos. 4-9 – Klemperer
BRUCKNER Symphonies Nos. 4-9 (Klemperer) Anton Bruckner (1824-1896) Philharmonia Orchestra/New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer EMI Classics 4042962…
Elgar: Part-Songs and Choral Works – Rodolfus Choir
ELGAR Go, song of mine – Part-Songs and Choral Works Sir Edward Elgar (1857-1934) Rodolfus Choir/Ralph Allwood…
