Reviews Archive

Emanuel Ax: Variations Considered to be one of the best concert pianists of our time, Grammy Award winning American pianist Emanuel Ax (b.1949) released this new CD, featuring three works he has never recorded before. …

Dvorak and Schumann: Cello Concertos Here is another “Great Performer”: Cellist Jamie Walton First here are a few tracks from my Spotify library, titled “Hank’s Jamie Walton”       How about that? Does he …

Johannes Brahms: Symphonies numbers 1-4 Performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conducted by Paavo Berglund This 3 CD-album features the four Symphonies by Johannes Brahms, performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, under Paavo …

Another Great Performer: Violinist Julia Fischer A couple of days ago I watched Julia Fischer perform with a small chamber group. They were playing the music of Vivaldi. Often I react to this music negatively …

Live from Berlin Andris Nelsons has been Music Director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra since 2008. His predecessor, Sir Simon Rattle, became the head of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) at that time. …