Schubert

Clever programming and remarkable playing: Kantorow is the real deal [ST]

A personal and touching tribute from Benjamin Appl to his mentor [DHa]

The youth choir Dresdner Kreuzchor struggles to produce a sound strong enough for these works [GPJ]

(Déjà Review) One classic and one slight disappointment [JW]

Beecham’s stereo discography in a sturdy box albeit largely in pre-existing remasterings [JW]

A cornucopia of wonderful songs, superbly sung, for every lover of art songs to delve into [GF]

The recital as a whole is so obviously enjoyable and totally recommendable [WH]

A multi-faceted pianist in repertoire close to his heart [RCh]

All round excellence from one of our greatest pianists [PH]

(Déjà Review) Goes straight to the top for my recommendations of these wonderful works [TH]

A Beecham stereo treasury from the 1950s in wonderful sound [LM]

An entertaining ‘dramedy’ album [DHa]

A superb version that captures the spirit of Schubert and yet manages to be individual [PCW]

Albert Spalding in the sunset of his career accompanied by Dohnányi in a sonata sequence [JW]

by Alan George

by Wilfrid Mellers

Superlative, daringly innovative accounts of two Romantic chamber music masterpieces [RMo]

Another extremely successful recital from Eva Zalenga [PT]

An outstanding Schubert recital [JQ]

A fine account of Schubert’s Ninth, and five orchestrated songs as a bonus [LW]

An absorbing, rewarding recital – another feather in the cap for Benjamin Appl [PT]

Two brilliant performers, one very strange disc – Schubert transformed or transmogrified? [GPJ]

This wonderful disc of Lieder for soprano and different forces held me spellbound [PT]

Lieder recitals just don’t get much better than this [MC]