Reviews Archive

I am very fond of music for wind instruments. There is some great music composed for the Oboe by many composers such as Mozart. And Albrecht Mayer has been playing principal Oboe for the Berlin …

When I was studying violin, I would listen for hours to the late David Oistrakh. His sound was awesome! Warm, dark, resonant, brilliant. It is worthwhile to remember some of these artists who have now …

I love the symphony number 4 by Beethoven. Not only is it wonderfully melodic, but also I find in it great calm and solace during troubled times. In this new recording, the fourth is coupled …

A Trip to Vienna Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert all left their amazing mark on Vienna, which for 250 years has been the world’s musical capital. This program of music is a set of souvenirs …

Pianist Mitsuko Uchida is the daughter of a Japanese diplomat, who was assigned to Vienna when his daughter was young. As a consequence she had the opportunity to study piano in the country of Mozart’s …