Reviews Archive

Berlin’s Beethoven! Om Wednesday night, August 28, 2013, I once again listened to the wonderful collection of recorded concerts by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO), via its amazing website, the Digital Concert Hall. This and …

Maurice Ravel: Works for violin and piano Maurice Ravel’s works for violin and piano have established a solid place in the core violin recital repertoire. These works demonstrate the influences of a whole range of …

Franz Schubert: String Quartets Volume 2 Franz Schubert, like Beethoven before him, refused to target the general public with his compositions. There is much evidence to suggest that the majority of his early string quartets …

Barenboim plays Brahms Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15 Recorded live at Stadthalle Erlangen, 1991 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 Recorded live at the Gasteig, Munich, …

Brahms: Handel Variations and Sonata #3 Johannes Brahms’ Piano Sonata No. 3 is unconventional in its structure, and it is one of the most impressive sonatas since those of Beethoven and Schubert. Brahms never wrote …