Verdi: Overtures and Preludes
Berlin Philharmonic/ Karajan/ DG
Artistic Quality: 7
Sound Quality: 9
Critical Reviews
David Hurwitz Style
Other Major Review Sites
Complete Wagner Operas
Staatskapelle Berlin etc./ Barenboim/ Teldec
Artistic Quality: 9
Sound Quality: 10
Beethoven Symphonies 1-9
Osaka Philharmonic/Asahina/Exton
Artistic Quality:8 (updated)
Sound Quality: 9 (updated)
Brahms Symphonies 1-4
London Symphony Orchestra/Dorati/Mercury Living Presence
Artistic Quality: 9
Sound Quality: 9
Florence Price Symphonies
Philadelphia Orchestra/Nezet-Seguin/DG
Artistic Quality: 8
Sound Quality: 10
Beethoven Symphonies 1-9
Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino/Zubin Mehta/Dynamic
Artistic Quality: 2
Sound Quality: 4
Brahms: Piano Concerti
New Philharmonia Orchestra/Barenboim (Pf.) + Barbirolli (C) /Warner
Artistic Quality: 10
Sound Quality: 9
Shostakovich: Symphonies 1-15
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic/Petrenko /Naxos
Artistic Quality: 10
Sound Quality: 10
Bruckner: Symphonies 4-9
Berlin Philharmonic + Wiener Philharmonic/Furtwängler /Music&Arts Records
Artistic Quality: 6
Sound Quality: 3
Mahler: Symphonies 1,5,6,9
Hallé, New Philharmonia, Berlin Philharmonic/Barbirolli /Warner
Artistic Quality: 7
Sound Quality: 8
Mahler: Symphony No. 5
New Japan Philharmonic/Wong Kah Chun /Denon
Artistic Quality: 8
Sound Quality: 10
Rachmaninoff: Symphonies etc.
Singapore Symphony Orchestra/Lan Shui/BIS
Artistic Quality: 7
Sound Quality: 10
Tchaikovsky 4
San Francisco Symphony /Michael Tilson Thomas /SFS Label
Artistic Quality: 9
Sound Quality: 9
Debussy Complete Orchestral Works
Orchestra Nationale de Lyon/Jun Markl /Naxos
Artistic Quality: 6
Sound Quality: 10
Piano Works S. Rachmaninoff
John Ogdon /EMI
Artistic Quality: 6
Sound Quality: 9
Beethoven 9 "Ode to Joy"
Schmidt-Isserstedt /Vienna Philharmonic
Artistic Quality: 10
Sound Quality: 8
Mozart: 46 Symphonies
Böhm /Berlin Philharmonic
Artistic Quality: 9
Sound Quality: 8
Schmidt: Symphony No. 1 in E Major
Berman /BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Artistic Quality: 9 (updated)
Sound Quality: 10
Assorted Piano Works
Johnavon Joseph Jin/ I©0N0(L@$T RECORDS
Artistic Quality: 7
Sound Quality: 3
Chopin | Liszt | Mahler | Bartok
Johnavon Joseph Jin/ I©0N0(L@$T RECORDS
Artistic Quality: 7
Sound Quality: 3
Brahms: Schumann Variations Op. 9
Johnavon Joseph Jin/ I©0N0(L@$T RECORDS
Artistic Quality: 7
Sound Quality: 8
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 Op. 81a "les Adieux"
Johnavon Joseph Jin/ I©0N0(L@$T RECORDS
Artistic Quality: 7
Sound Quality: 5
Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas
Tatiana Nikolayeva
Artistic Quality: 6
Sound Quality: 6
Bruckner 5
Markus Poschner/ ORF Vienna RSO
Artistic Quality: 10
Sound Quality: 10
Beethoven: Incidental Music & Overtures
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski/ Bach Society of Minnesota + Minnesota Orchestra
Artistic Quality: 10
Sound Quality: 10
ScriabinPiano Concerto etc.
Scherbakov(pf) Igor Golovschin/ Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Artistic Quality: 9
Sound Quality: 9
Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Works Vol 1 & 2
Liana Serbescu/
Artistic Quality: 5
Sound Quality: 9
Glenn Gould Brahms Intermezzi (Selection)
Glenn Gould
Artistic Quality: 10
Sound Quality: 8
John Field: 18 Nocturnes
Tyler Hay
Artistic Quality: 9
Sound Quality: 8
Unsuk Chin: Cello Concerto
Myung Whun Chung (C)/Alban Gerhardt (Cello)/Berliner Philharmoniker
Artistic Quality: 10
Sound Quality: 10
Liszt Transcendental Etudes
Yunchan Lim
Artistic Quality: 10
Sound Quality: 10
Schubert Winterreise Op 89 D 911
Alan Bennett/ Albert Tiu
Artistic Quality: 7
Sound Quality: 8
Glenn Gould's Idiosyncratic Mozart
Glenn Gould
Artistic Quality: 9
Sound Quality: 10
Kai Jie's Piano Senior Recital
Koh Kai Jie
Artistic Quality: 8
Sound Quality: 9
YST's Estimable Tchaikovsky 6
YST Conservatory Orchestra/ Jason Lai (c)
Artistic Quality: 8
Sound Quality: 8
Pletnev's controversial but enjoyable Beethoven Symphonies
Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev)
Artistic Quality: 7
Sound Quality: 8
A Stunning Classical Elements, the elements of success.
Albert Tiu
Artistic Quality: 9
Sound Quality: 10
Competent but not top choice Schumann Spring Symphony
Andris Nelsons/Gewandhaus Orchestra
Artistic Quality: 7
Sound Quality: 8
Chopin: Ballade 4
Johnavon Joseph Jin
Artistic Quality: 7
Sound Quality: 7
Chopin: Ballade No. 3
Johnavon Joseph Jin
Artistic Quality: 8
Sound Quality: 7
Inconsistent Chopin Nocturnes
Johnavon Joseph Jin
Artistic Quality: 6
Sound Quality: 7
A Stunning Winterreise Cycle
Andrè Schuen/ Daniel Heide
Artistic Quality: 10
Sound Quality: 10
Schubert's Missing Symphony No. 7 D. 729
Kevin John Edusei/Munich Symphony Orchestra
Artistic Quality: 9
Sound Quality: 10
Czerny Nocturnes
Roberte Mamou
Artistic Quality: 8
Sound Quality: 9
Dobranzski's decent, workmanlike Szymanowska Readings
Maria Szymanowska/ Sławomir Dobranzski
Artistic Quality: 6
Sound Quality: 7
Sinopoli's Competent but at times charmless, and somewhat faceless Mahler
Giuseppe Sinopoli/ Philharmonia Orchestra
Artistic Quality: 7
Sound Quality: 7
Honeck's high flying, luminous Bruckner 7
Manfred Honeck/ Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Artistic Quality: 9
Sound Quality: 8
Lan Shui's imaginative, interesting and largely successful Beethoven Cycle.
Lan Shui/ Copenhagen Philharmonic
Artistic Quality: 8
Sound Quality: 10
Kathryn Stott's academic but otherwise fully realised complete solo works.
Kathryn Stott
Artistic Quality: 8
Sound Quality: 9
Claudio Colombo's glorified, Computer MIDI, and frankly, below mid Moszkowski Etudes.
Claudio Colombo
Artistic Quality: 2
Sound Quality: 10
A Chamber-sized Mozart Requiem
Arthur Schoonderwoerd/Cristofori/Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam
Artistic Quality: 6
Sound Quality: 8
The first world premiere and still absolutely amazing Sibelius Kullervo
Parvo Berglund/Bournemouth Symphony Orch.
Artistic Quality: 10
Sound Quality: 9
Surprisingly enjoyable Bruckner 6 from NCPA!
Lu Jia /NCPA (China) Orchestra
Artistic Quality: 7
Sound Quality: 10
NCPA's obligatory, refined, but somewhat anti-climactic Bruckner Symphonies
Lu Jia /NCPA (China) Orchestra
Artistic Quality: 7
Sound Quality: 10
Mehta's Basically Excellent Brahms survey with the Israel Philharmonic
Zubin Mehta/ Israel Philharmonic
Artistic Quality: 9
Sound Quality: 9
Simone Young's Terrific Mahler 2
Simone Young/ Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Artistic Quality: 10
Sound Quality: 9
