Classical CD Reviews Articles

MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 – Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra/ Sir Donald Runnicles – Reference Recordings

“… a stylistic performance of Gustav Mahler’s Fifth…”

20th Century Music, as seen early last century…

Excellent restorations of mid-century recordings of live concerts in Athens.

“Lugansky possesses a natural flair in Schumann…”

MOZART: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491; Piano Concerto No. 10 for 2 Pianos in E-flat Major, K. 365 –...

BRAHMS: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114; BRAHMS/DIETRICH/R. SCHUMANN: F.A.E. Sonata: Scherzo in C Minor (arr....

MENUHIN plays Contemporary Sonatas = BARTOK: Sonata for Solo Violin, Sz. 117; PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F...

MISCHA ELMAN = SCHUBERT: Rosamunde Overture; Entr’acte No. 2; Ballet No. 2 from D. 797; VIVALDI: Violin Concerto in G...

John Ogdon: The Argo Years – Piano works by Mendelssohn, Liszt, Schumann, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Mozart, Messiaen...

TENNSTEDT VOLUME 67 = R. STRAUSS: Der Bürger als Edelmann, Op. 60; Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; MOZART: Piano Concerto...

BOULT and the BBC Symphony: the Pre-War Recordings, Vol. 3 = Orchestral Works by WAGNER; HUMPERDINCK; BRAHMS; BORODIN;...

CHOPIN: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35 “Funeral March”; Berceuse in D-flat Major, Op. 57; Ballade No. 1...

DVORAK: Symphony No. 7 in D Minor, Op. 70; SCHUMANN: Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61 – London Philharmonic...

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No. 3,“Eroica”; BRAHMS: St. Anthony Variations; SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9, “The Great” – Sir Adrian...

TCHAIKOVSKY: 1The Queen of Spades, Op. 68 – Overture; DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun; La Mer;...

DEBUSSY: Deux Arabesques; Suite Bergamasque; Children's Corner; Estampes; Reflets dans l’eau; Two Preludes, Book I –...