Yehudi Menuhin – The Great Violin Concertos: Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Bruch [3CDs] (1991) Admirers of Sir Yehudi Menuhin will be pleased to have this compilation of his early stereo recordings of the major…
Daniel Barenboim – Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas & Concertos, Diabelli Variations (2021) Beethoven’s piano sonatas are often referred to as the New Testament of keyboard literature – works which, through their many…
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin – Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Symphonies, Concertos (2001) Symphonies & Concertos in HM Gold series is the second entry among a pair of excellent C.P.E. Bach discs by…
Emmanuel Pahud – Bach, C.P.E.- Flute Concertos (2016) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach has a prominent advocate there: Emmanuel Pahud, the principal flutist of the Berliner Philharmoniker and currently…
Zoltan Kocsis, Budapest FO, Ivan Fischer – Franz Liszt: Piano Concertos; Erno von Dohnanyi: Variations on a Nursery Song (1989) So what if Liszt spent most of his life in France and Germany and never learned to speak Hungarian? The…
Pavel Šporcl, Prague Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Kout – Strauss, Korngold: Violin Concertos (2009) Pavel Šporcl’s two most recent projects have manifested his remarkable stylistic flexibility. Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and the crossover CD Gipsy…
Alexander Rudin – Kabalevsky: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (1997) If you are unfamiliar with the music of Kabalevsky, this is a great place to start. Kabalevsky’s music is very…
Thea King, London Symphony Orchestra, Alun Francis – Crusell: Clarinet Concertos (2005) Re-Up While they are popular with clarinetists and some fans of early Romantic music, the three clarinet concertos by Bernhard Henrik…
Gil Shaham, LSO, Andre Previn – Samuel Barber & Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concertos (1994) This sparkling suite for violin and piano came into being when the composer had to adapt his incidental score for…
Claire Guimond, Luc Beausejour – Telemann: Six Concertos pour le Clavecin et la Traversiere (2002) It’s not clear why Telemann called these works “concertos” when they are really sonatas for transverse flute and harpsichord, with…