Jonathan Biss / Elias String Quartet SCHUMANN & DVORÁK Piano Quintets

Jonathan Biss and the Elias Quartet deliver highly assured performances of these two marvellous chamber works. The opening of the Schumann...

Wu Man / Yuri Bashmet / Moscow Soloists TAN DUN Pipa Concerto - HAYASHI Viola Concerto - TAKEMITSU Nostalghia

Tan Dun's Concerto for String Orchestra and Pipa (1999) is a reworking of one of his most popular works, Ghost Opera, written for and re...

Christianne Stotijn / Julius Drake TCHAIKOVSKY Romances

  This is a stunningly beautiful disc, and can be recommended without reservation to anyone who loves the vocal repertoire. I am not enoug...

Chen Reiss LIAISONS Arias by MOZART - HAYDN - CIMAROSA - SALIERI

It seems that there is a trend today for seeking out rare, even previously unrecorded material, for recital discs instead of issuing yet a...

Maria João Pires / Daniel Harding / Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos 3 & 4

The role of interpreter is a delicate one: he, or she, is faced with the score as the sole point of contact with the composer. It is t...