Browse: Strauss, R (composer), Piano Concertos

Authoritative from the first bar’s fleshy bass, Antonio Pappano’s bel canto approach to Strauss’s mock-epic hero cultivates beauty of sound even in usually bombastically noisy stretches such... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Martin Jones is a superb advocate for this rich kaleidoscope. His playing is delightfully exuberant and he is able to reach both the thunderous heights of power demanded by the Tchaikovsky concerto... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Warner Classics has reissued a complete set of Wilhelm Furtwängler’s studio recordings, reuniting for the first time Deutsche Grammophon, Polydor, HMV, Decca and Telefunken in one release. This... — International Classical Music Awards, 2022 More…

Abstracted from the definitive 81-CD set, these 21 tracks give a small hint of Gould's extraordinary artistry in a programme book-ended by extracts from his two Goldbergs. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Ney and her husband, the conductor Willen van Hoogstraten, display great chamber-like rapport in Mozart’s K450, notwithstanding stylistically antediluvian phrase-tapering and swoopy portamentos.... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2019 More…

This is an essential set for lovers of piano playing. The vast majority of the transfers are superior to anything that has been issued previously, there are a number of recordings appearing on... — Fanfare, July/August 2023 More…

[The Mozart concertos with Rosbaud are] sincerely expressed, perfectly balanced and precisely executed. The transfers, taken from clean original mono tapes, are excellent. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2020 More…