Browse: CD, Kreisler (composer)

Dego has an expressive touch, skittering over the strings, yet finding plenty of attack in Szymanowski’s Trois Caprices. Corigliano’s Red Violin Caprices are at times spellbinding, descending... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

As you’d expect from such an outstanding musician, her performance is impressively accurate, the realisation of the sprechgesang spot-on in rhythm and pitch, while the playing of the hand-picked... — The Guardian, 15th April 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

This being Rachmaninov, the main burden in both trios falls to the pianist; such is Trifonov's artistry that even with his dazzling technique, and without ever selling the emotional intensity... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

In the case of the very expansive Chopin Variations… Sudbin makes a persuasive case for this unjustly neglected work, demonstrating not only breathtaking technical control throughout, but also... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Frang is on supremely agile and graceful form, but it’s rather a musical pick-and-mix. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Giltburg paces the concerto’s solo opening crescendo beautifully…In terms of sheer pianism, the ensuing saga is frequently breathtaking. It’s not only the fleetness of the fingerwork, utter clarity... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Vengerov plays with commanding authority and haunting eloquence…the Shanghai players storm away with a performance of Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances that uncovers a vein of modernism in its textural... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

As captured between 1956 and 1963 for Melodiya, Albert Markov’s quicksilver virtuosity dazzles in a wide range of repertoire, most invaluably in concerto rarities by Kvernadze and Erkin. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…