Skrowaczewski; Stanislaw

Mozart: 12 Piano Concertos

Jed Distler

If I had to cull the finest Mozart piano concerto recordings from 20 years’ worth of Vox releases, my short list probably would match producer

Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4/Dorati & Skrowaczewski

Victor Carr Jr

This Mendelssohn disc is arguably of lesser historic importance than others in the Mercury catalog. Peter Maag’s contemporaneous recordings of the Third and Fourth Symphonies

Bruckner: Symphonies 0-9/Jochum

David Hurwitz

After budget box appearances on EMI and Musical Heritage Society, this outstanding Bruckner cycle hopefully has now found a permanent home on Brilliant Classics at

Chopin: Piano Concertos/Weissenberg

Jed Distler

I always felt that I could live without the Chopin Concertos, and managed to–until Alexis Weissenberg dusted off the cobwebs from Mme Sand’s salon and

Bruckner 2

Victor Carr Jr

Stanislaw Skrowaczewski continues his impressive Bruckner cycle with a Symphony No. 2 that, like his recent account of No. 0, is big on dynamic impact

Gielen’s Debussy C

Victor Carr Jr

Gielen’s is an easygoing La Mer, one with calm seas rather than storm surges. Even the Dialogue of the Wind and the Sea comes across

Bruckner Zero

Victor Carr Jr

Skrowaczewski conducts Bruckner’s Symphony No. 0 with a lighter touch than most, linking it more with the classical era than with the weightier, profound works