Media Reviews
The original idea with my Music Blog was to post my thoughts & comments on media / music in my collection. The table below should facilitate finding a particular posting / review. The “Posted” column indicates the original posting date — up to 2014-10 on the previous blog site (Blogger).
List of Full Reviews in This Blog:
Last update: 2023-03-07| Composer | Life years | Composition(s) | Posted | Last update |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkan, Charles-Valentin | 1813 - 1888 | 12 Études dans tous les tons mineurs, op.39 | 2014-03-04 | 2019-08-27 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685 - 1750 | Partita for Flute solo, BWV 1013 | 2014-01-20 | 2014-01-20 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685 - 1750 | Sonatas & Partitas, BWV 1001-1006 — artist & media information, comparison summary (6 reviews) | 2021-08-28 | 2023-03-07 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685 - 1750 | Sonata No.1 for Violin solo in G minor, BWV 1001 | 2021-08-28 | 2022-08-07 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685 - 1750 | Partita No.1 for Violin solo in B minor, BWV 1002 | 2021-10-27 | 2022-08-07 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685 - 1750 | Sonata No.2 for Violin solo in A minor, BWV 1003 | 2022-02-21 | 2022-08-07 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685 - 1750 | Partita No.2 for Violin solo in D minor, BWV 1004 | 2022-08-07 | 2022-08-07 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685 - 1750 | Sonata No.3 for Violin solo in C major, BWV 1005 | 2022-10-10 | 2022-10-10 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685 - 1750 | Partita No.3 for Violin solo in E major, BWV 1006 | 2023-01-14 | 2023-01-14 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685 - 1750 | 6 Partitas, BWV 825 - 830 | 2013-12-12 | 2013-12-12 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685 - 1750 | Violin Sonatas, BWV 1014 - 1019 | 2012-03-02 | 2012-03-02 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685 - 1750 | The Motets | 2012-12-28 | 2012-12-28 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685 - 1750 | Cantata BWV 18, "Gleichwie der Regen und Schnee" | 2012-08-09 | 2012-08-09 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685 - 1750 | Cantata BWV 36, "Schwingt freudig euch empor" | 2012-08-11 | 2012-08-11 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685 - 1750 | Cantata BWV 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" | 2012-08-08 | 2013-03-18 |
| Bach, Johann Sebastian | 1685 - 1750 | St.John Passion BWV 245 | 2013-06-24 | 2013-06-24 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Bagatelle "Lustig und Traurig", WoO 54 | 2011-09-04 | 2011-09-04 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | 12 Variations for piano, WoO 71 | 2012-03-31 | 2012-03-31 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Variations, op.35, "Eroica Variations" | 2012-08-13 | 2015-08-08 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Piano Sonatas — comparison summary (5 reviews so far) | 2014-10-05 | 2022-07-02 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Piano Sonata No.15 in D major, op.28, "Pastoral" | 2014-09-28 | 2022-07-02 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Piano Sonata No.22 in F major, op.54 | 2014-09-29 | 2022-07-02 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Piano Sonata No.26 in E♭ major, op.81a, "Les adieux" | 2015-07-25 | 2022-07-02 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Piano Sonata No.31 in A♭ major, op.110 | 2015-05-27 | 2022-07-02 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor, op.111 | 2014-10-04 | 2022-07-02 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonatas for Piano & Violin — comparison summary (10 reviews) | 2011-10-10 | 2021-04-25 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonatas for Piano & Violin in D major, op.12/1 | 2011-10-10 | 2016-06-22 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonatas for Piano & Violin in A major, op.12/2 | 2011-11-09 | 2016-06-22 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonatas for Piano & Violin in E♭ major, op.12/3 | 2011-11-13 | 2016-06-22 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonatas for Piano & Violin in A minor, op.23 | 2011-12-17 | 2016-06-23 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonatas for Piano & Violin in F major, op.24, "Spring" | 2011-12-22 | 2016-06-23 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonatas for Piano & Violin in A major, op.30/1 | 2011-12-25 | 2016-06-23 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonatas for Piano & Violin in C minor, op.30/2 | 2011-12-30 | 2016-06-23 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonatas for Piano & Violin in G major, op.30/3 | 2012-01-03 | 2016-06-23 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonatas for Piano & Violin in A major, op.47, "Kreutzer" | 2012-01-09 | 2021-04-25 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonatas for Piano & Violin in G major, op.96, "The Cockcrow" | 2012-02-18 | 2021-04-24 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonata for Piano & Horn or Cello in F major, op.17 | 2017-08-21 | 2017-08-21 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonatas for Piano & Cello — comparison summary (6 reviews so far) | 2017-08-14 | 2018-02-27 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonata for Piano & Cello No.1 in F major, op.5/1 | 2016-03-14 | 2016-03-14 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonata for Piano & Cello No.2 in G minor, op.5/2 | 2017-08-14 | 2017-08-14 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonata for Piano & Cello No.3 in A major, op.69 | 2016-03-04 | 2016-03-04 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonata for Piano & Cello No.4 in C major, op.102/1 | 2018-01-08 | 2018-01-08 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Sonata for Piano & Cello No.5 in D major, op.102/2 | 2018-02-27 | 2018-02-27 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartets — comparison summary (18 reviews) | 2011-10-23 | 2021-02-14 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in F major, after the Piano Sonata op.14/1 | 2013-02-03 | 2013-02-03 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in F major, op.18/1 | 2011-10-23 | 2012-10-07 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in G major, op.18/2 | 2011-10-29 | 2012-10-08 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in D major, op.18/3 | 2011-11-05 | 2013-09-16 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in C minor, op.18/4 | 2011-11-19 | 2012-10-14 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in A major, op.18/5 | 2011-12-08 | 2013-10-05 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in B♭ major, op.18/6 | 2011-12-13 | 2012-10-19 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in F major, op.59/1, "Razumovsky I" | 2012-01-16 | 2012-10-24 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in E minor, op.59/2, "Razumovsky II" | 2012-01-21 | 2012-10-28 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in C major, op.59/3, "Razumovsky III" | 2012-02-08 | 2012-10-30 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in E♭ major, op.74, "Harp Quartet" | 2012-02-13 | 2012-11-02 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in F minor, op.95, "Serioso" | 2012-03-08 | 2013-10-12 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in E♭ major, op.127 | 2012-03-20 | 2012-11-08 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in B♭ major, op.130 | 2012-04-11 | 2013-02-04 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in C♯ minor, op.131 | 2012-12-06 | 2012-12-06 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in A minor, op.132 | 2013-01-25 | 2013-01-26 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in B♭ major, op.133, "Great Fugue" | 2013-02-02 | 2019-01-23 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quartet in F major, op.135, “Muss es sein? — Es muss sein!” | 2013-02-15 | 2013-10-25 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | String Quintet in C major, op.29 | 2013-02-09 | 2013-02-09 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Violin Concerto in D major, op.61 | 2015-02-02 | 2015-02-02 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Symphony No.3 in E♭ major, op.55, "Eroica" | 2015-02-21 | 2015-08-20 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Symphony No.4 in B♭, op.60 | 2015-01-06 | 2015-08-20 |
| Beethoven, Ludwig, van | 1770 - 1827 | Symphony No.7 in A, op.92 | 2015-08-21 | 2015-08-21 |
| Berlioz, Hector | 1803 - 1869 | Symphonie fantastique, op.14 | 2014-09-04 | 2014-09-04 |
| Bruckner, Anton | 1824 - 1896 | Mass No.2 in E minor | 2015-06-16 | 2015-06-16 |
| Chopin, Frédéric | 1810 - 1849 | Piano Concerto in E minor, op.11 | 2014-10-11 | 2014-10-11 |
| Chopin, Frédéric | 1810 - 1849 | Piano Concerto in F minor, op.21 | 2014-07-14 | 2014-07-14 |
| Danzi, Franz | 1763 - 1826 | Overture in D major, P.228 | 2018-06-28 | 2018-06-28 |
| Danzi, Franz | 1763 - 1826 | Cello Concerto in E minor, P.243 | 2018-06-28 | 2018-06-28 |
| Danzi, Franz | 1763 - 1826 | Piano Concerto in E♭ major, op.4, P.229 | 2018-06-28 | 2018-06-28 |
| Dessner, Bryce | 1976 - | Skrik Trio (2017) | 2020-01-18 | 2020-01-18 |
| Dessner, Bryce | 1976 - | Aheym (2009) | 2020-01-18 | 2020-01-18 |
| Dessner, Bryce | 1976 - | Tenebre (2010) | 2020-01-18 | 2020-01-18 |
| Dessner, Bryce | 1976 - | Lachrymae (2012) | 2020-01-18 | 2020-01-18 |
| Dvořák, Antonín | 1841 - 1904 | Piano Trio No.4 in E minor, op.90, "Dumky" | 2014-08-27 | 2014-08-27 |
| Forqueray, Antoine | 1671 - 1745 | Suites for Viola da Gamba | 2012-05-13 | 2012-07-02 |
| Haydn, Franz Joseph | 1732 - 1809 | Works for Cello & Orchestra | 2013-01-12 | 2013-02-07 |
| Haydn, Franz Joseph | 1732 - 1809 | Symphony No.68 in B♭ major | 2016-02-16 | 2016-02-16 |
| Haydn, Franz Joseph | 1732 - 1809 | Symphony No.103, "Drumroll" | 2014-12-11 | 2022-11-29 |
| Kobekin, Vladimir | 1947 - | Works for cello / cello & piano | 2021-02-04 | 2021-02-04 |
| Liszt, Franz | 1811 - 1886 | 12 Études d'Exécution transcendente | 2012-04-25 | 2012-04-25 |
| Lourié, Arthur-Vincent | 1892 - 1966 | Piano Works | 2018-07-01 | 2018-07-01 |
| Lyadov, Anatoly Konstantinovich | 1855 - 1914 | Complete Piano Works | 2021-03-02 | 2021-03-02 |
| Mahler, Gustav | 1860 - 1911 | Symphony No.5 | 2015-01-17 | 2015-01-17 |
| Mahler, Gustav | 1860 - 1911 | Das Lied von der Erde | 2014-12-14 | 2014-12-14 |
| Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix | 1809 - 1847 | Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, op.49 | 2014-09-21 | 2014-09-21 |
| Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix | 1809 - 1847 | Piano Trio No.2 in C minor, op.66 | 2014-09-10 | 2014-09-10 |
| Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix | 1809 - 1847 | Violin Concerto E minor, op.64 | 2012-08-15 | 2012-08-15 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756 - 1791 | Sonatas for Piano & Violin K.296, 379, 454, 526 | 2014-07-29 | 2022-09-05 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756 - 1791 | Divertimento for String Trio in E♭ major, K.563; String Trio movement K.562e | 2019-07-31 | 2019-07-31 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756 - 1791 | String Quartet in E♭ major, K.428 | 2013-03-06 | 2014-03-27 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756 - 1791 | Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, K.219 | 2015-02-24 | 2015-02-24 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756 - 1791 | Piano Concerto in G major, K.453 | 2014-05-04 | 2014-07-16 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756 - 1791 | Piano Concerto in E♭ major, K.482 | 2014-05-13 | 2014-05-13 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756 - 1791 | Symphony in D major, K.19 | 2014-12-04 | 2014-12-04 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756 - 1791 | Symphony in B♭ major, K.22 | 2015-02-22 | 2015-02-22 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756 - 1791 | Symphony in G major, K.129 | 2016-02-14 | 2016-02-14 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756 - 1791 | Symphony in G minor, K.550 | 2014-12-09 | 2014-12-09 |
| Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | 1756 - 1791 | Symphony in C major, K.551, "Jupiter" | 2015-04-05 | 2015-04-05 |
| Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista | 1719 - 1736 | Septem verba a Christo | 2014-02-18 | 2014-06-14 |
| Prokofiev, Sergei | 1891 - 1953 | Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.16 | 2014-08-29 | 2014-08-29 |
| Psathas, John | 1966 - | Works for Percussion and Piano | 2022-12-16 | 2022-12-16 |
| Rachmaninoff, Sergei | 1873 - 1943 | Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, op.19 | 2014-09-08 | 2014-09-08 |
| Rachmaninoff, Sergei | 1873 - 1943 | Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, op.30 | 2015-01-11 | 2022-10-27 |
| Schubert, Franz | 1797 - 1828 | String Quartet No.15 in G major, D.887 (op.161) | 2015-11-19 | 2015-11-19 |
| Schumann, Robert | 1810 - 1856 | Liederkreis, op.39 / Dichterliebe, op.48 | 2013-01-06 | 2013-01-13 |
| Schumann, Robert | 1810 - 1856 | Symphony No.1in B♭ major, op.38, "Spring" | 2015-09-30 | 2015-09-30 |
| Shostakovich, Dmitri | 1906 - 1975 | 24 Preludes and Fugues, op.87 | 2011-11-28 | 2021-02-14 |
| Stravinsky, Igor | 1882 - 1971 | Complete Works for Solo Piano | 2019-01-02 | 2019-01-02 |
| Tallis, Thomas | 1505 - 1585 | Spem in alium | 2011-11-23 | 2011-11-23 |
| Telemann, Georg Philipp | 1681 - 1767 | 12 Fantasias for Flute | 2014-01-18 | 2014-01-18 |
| Wagner, Richard | 1813 - 1883 | Der Ring des Nibelungen — Das Rheingold | 2013-05-25 | 2013-05-25 |
| Wagner, Richard | 1813 - 1883 | Der Ring des Nibelungen — Die Walküre | 2013-06-02 | 2013-06-02 |
| Wagner, Richard | 1813 - 1883 | Der Ring des Nibelungen — Siegfried | 2013-06-09 | 2013-06-09 |
| Wagner, Richard | 1813 - 1883 | Der Ring des Nibelungen — Götterdämmerung | 2013-07-14 | 2013-07-14 |
Other Media / Music Reviews
- Listening Diary — An irregular sequence of posts, touching on music that I listened to, but I didn’t cover in a thorough comparison / review
- Received for Review — Media / music submitted for review by artists, composers, agencies, etc.
- Arthur Rubinstein: The Complete Album Collection — Overview covering posts about / reviews of music on the 142 CDs in this collection
I have really enjoyed your comments on Beethovens fourth symphony , I tend towards the older recordings so it has made me look afresh at Norrington and Hogwood. Thankyou for your writing it is interesting and highly readable, best wishes martin.
Hi Martin,
thanks a lot for visiting, and for your favorable comments — it’s always nice to realize that people aren’t just visiting my blog, but are actually reading my texts!
I have taken the liberty of moving your comment to the “Media Reviews” page (didn’t want to “bury it” under the particular review you are referring to, though).
Best wishes,
-Rolf