David Nice
Recent articles by David Nice
R Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Mahler: Rückert Lieder
The wives of the great composers: behind every great man is sometimes an even better woman
If composers’ wives could be the ultimate muse, some were coerced into giving up their own careers to support their husbands
Grieg: Symphonic Dances etc
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto etc
R Strauss: Four Last Songs
Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Grieg • R Schumann: Piano Concertos
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5
R Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D; Horn Concerto No. 1 etc
Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 1; Preludes, Op. 32
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 5 & 9
Mahler: Symphony No. 1
Mahler: Symphony No. 2
Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (Czech Phil/Bychkov)
Czech Philharmonic/Semyon Bychkov (Pentatone)
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (Philharmonia/Rouvali)
Mari Eriksmoen (soprano), Jennifer Johnston (mezzo-soprano); Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus/Santtu-Matias Rouvali (Signum Classics)
Nielsen: The Concertos
Ulla Miilmann (flute), Johnny Teyssier (clarinet), Bomsori Kim (violin); Danish National Symphony Orchestra/Fabio Luisi (DG)
Tubin: Kratt (suite); Music for Strings etc
Estonian Festival Orchestra/Paavo Järvi (Alpha Classics)
Martin Owen plays Strauss, Schumann, Weber
Martin Owen , Chris Parkes, Alec Frank-Gemmill, Sarah Willis (horn); BBC Philharmonic/John Wilson (Chandos)
Mahler: Rückert-Lieder etc (Connolly/Middleton)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano) (Signum Classics)
Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos 2 & 3 etc (Philadelphia/Nézet-Séguin)
Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG)
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos 6 & 15 (LSO/Noseda)
London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda (LSO Live)
Music from the Ghetto
Jack Liebeck (violin); London Chamber Orchestra/Simca Heled (cello), *Christopher Warren Green (Signum Classics)
Jurowski Conducts Stravinsky, Vol. 2
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vladimir Jurowski (LPO)
Nielsen: Violin Concerto; Symphony No. 4 (Ehnes/Bergen)
James Ehnes (violin); Bergen Philharmonic/Edward Gardner (Chandos)