Tchaikovsky P

A valuable addition to the discography of the songs of Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky with sensitive and deeply considered performances [GF]

(Déjà Review) A disc of drama, excitement and real historical and musical value [JW]

More pluses and some minuses with Goossens in Cincinnati [JW]

An auspicious debut for Alpesh Chauhan [JQ]

Elman in Slavic repertoire: genteel decline in action [JW]

Some good things, but this is only for Jansons completists [SV]

Klemperer consolidated; his full Warner legacy in best-yet transfers [JW]

(Déjà Review) No need to delay, only extreme enjoyment awaits you [JP]

So-so Stravinsky, nervous hyper-fast Schumann and masterly Tchaikovsky [RB]

A conductor and orchestra in the shadows of time takes a step out and is not found wanting [RB]

Another first-rate addition to Pristine’s Mengelberg Telefunken series [PSt]

Strikingly vivid and thrilling accounts of some of Tchaikovsky’s most atmospheric narrative tone poems [RMo]

Frederick Stock and his Chicago forces excel in major repertory [JW]

Extraordinary playing of the highest quality and familiar music shown in a new light [RCh]

Bernstein’s infamous late Pathétique – neither the slowest nor the greatest [LD]

Schumann and Tchaikovsky symphonies by Stock’s Chicago Symphony make this historic release memorable [GT]

(Déjà Review) Leinsdorf belatedly enters the select list of the greatest Tchaikovsky performances on record [CH]

A historic recording by a great Armenian string quartet recommended to all chamber music lovers [GT]

Tried and tested staples from Milstein’s discography [JW]

Gimpel’s Vox concertos: rich in virtuosity, glamour and colour [JW]

A marriage made in hell does no favours to either partner – perhaps we might hope for a divorce? [PCG]

An extraordinary 1812, and the rest are very good as well [MB]

William Primrose’s elite string quartet recordings back after 30 years [JW]

by David Barker