Reviews Archive

Grimaud and Gabetta: Music of Schumann, Debussy, Shostakovich and Brahms Cellist Sol Gabetta and pianist Hélène Grimaud join forces in the recital program that brought audiences to their feet at the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, …

Bruckner: Symphony No. 3 in D minor Performed by the Swiss Romande Orchestra, conducted by Marek Janowski I am continuing my study of the orchestral works by the Austrian composer Anton Bruckner. As with all …

Esa-Pekka Salonen: “Out of Nowhere” Esa-Pekka Salonen’s four-movement Violin Concerto is a major addition to the concerto literature. Written for the American violinist Leila Josefowicz, this highly attractive concerto “appears headed straight into the standard …

Dvorak & Schumann: Piano Quintets Robert Schumann’s Piano Quintet, composed in the autumn of 1842, was one of the earliest examples of the combination of piano with a string quartet. It instantly became one of …

Brahms & Berg: Violin Concertos Renaud Capuson, a leading French violinist, joins the British conductor Daniel Harding and the Wiener Philharmoniker for two major concertos of the violin repertoire. And: Do you recall the late …