Compact Reviews (Listening Diary)
My comprehensive reviews (CD comparisons in particular) are a lot of work. If I were to do a comprehensive review of all music that I listen to, I would instantly be overwhelmed. So, I decided to add a new category of blog posts which I called “Listening Diary” — even though I never intended to produce one diary entry per day. The reviews in this section cover
- Groups of (related) recordings that receive brief comments
- Recordings with mixed / heterogeneous content (recordings with a variety of artists / ensembles, or recordings with a variety of composers or genres, such as the “theme CDs” that are popular especially as debut CDs, or with artists at the beginning of their career).
However, in this section, I do not include
- major comparisons and detailed reviews on specific works (you find these under “Media Reviews“),
- “casual listening” (e.g., stuff that I listen to only once in the review period), and
- recordings that I receive from artists, agencies, or recording labels for the purpose of reviewing. These are posted under “Media Received for Reviewing“.
Here, I want to give a chronological (sortable) table of these “listening diary” posts (highlighting indicates the most recent entries).
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Interactive Table of Listening Diary Posts
Last update: 2025-04-05| Composer: Work(s) | Artist(s) | Post Date | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abel: Solos for Viola da gamba | Lucile Boulanger | 2024-01-02 | 2024-01-02 |
| Albéniz: Piano pieces / encores | Arthur Rubinstein, Alicia de Larrocha | 2014-06-29 | 2018-01-05 |
| Bach: 4 Duetti BWV 802-805 | Ton Koopman, Christophe Rousset | 2013-03-15 | 2013-03-15 |
| Bach: Partita B minor, BWV 831 | Gieseking, Gould, Rousset, Staier | 2013-03-31 | 2013-03-31 |
| Bach: Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue BWV 903 | Landowska, Staier, Rousset, Koopman | 2013-03-15 | 2013-03-15 |
| Bach: Italian Concerto BWV 971 | Gieseking, Landowska, Leonhardt, Staier, Rousset, Koopman | 2013-03-31 | 2013-03-31 |
| Bach: Solo works in transcriptions for Viola da gamba | Lucile Boulanger | 2024-01-02 | 2024-01-02 |
| Bach & other composers: Organ works | Scholze, Meinhold, Scheidegger, Koopman | 2012-10-02 | 2012-10-02 |
| Bartók: Violin concerto No.1 | Isabelle Faust / Daniel Harding | 2014-05-28 | 2014-05-28 |
| Bartók: Violin concerto No.2 | Isabelle Faust / Daniel Harding, Patricia Kopatchinskaja / Péter Eötvös | 2014-05-28 | 2014-05-28 |
| Beethoven: Bagatelles op.126 | Schnabel, Gould, Ashkenazy, Brendel, Brautigam | 2012-07-28 | 2012-07-28 |
| Beethoven: Allegretto B minor WoO 61 | Olli Mustonen, Ronald Brautigam | 2013-03-21 | 2013-03-21 |
| Beethoven: 6 Ecossaises WoO 83 | Olli Mustonen, Alfred Brendel | 2013-03-21 | 2013-03-21 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata op.13 | Gulda, Gilels, van Immerseel, Brautigam | 2012-12-31 | 2015-08-20 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonata op.27/2 | Schnabel, Backhaus, Badura-Skoda, Barenboim, Gulda, Pletnev, Gilels, van Immerseel, Brautigam | 2012-12-31 | 2015-08-20 |
| Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, lecture series at Wigmore Hall | András Schiff | 2012-12-31 | 2012-12-31 |
| Beethoven: Variations “Venni amore” WoO 65 | Mikhail Pletnev, Ronald Brautigam | 2012-07-28 | 2012-07-28 |
| Beethoven: Variations “A la Viganò” WoO 68 | Pletnev, Brautigam, Mustonen | 2013-01-26 | 2013-01-26 |
| Beethoven: Variations WoO 77 | Olli Mustonen, Ronald Brautigam | 2013-03-21 | 2013-03-21 |
| Beethoven: Sonata for horn and piano, op.17 | Anneke Scott / Kathryn Cok | 2013-09-30 | 2014-08-22 |
| Beethoven: Lieder | Fritz Wunderlich / Hubert Giesen | 2012-11-01 | 2012-11-01 |
| Beethoven: Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus op.43 | Otto Klemperer, Thomas Dausgaard, David Zinman | 2013-11-09 | 2013-11-09 |
| Berg: Violin Concerto “Dem Andenken eines Engels” | Isabelle Faust / Claudio Abbado | 2013-12-04 | 2013-12-04 |
| Berlioz: Requiem op.5 | Seiji Ozawa | 2013-02-17 | 2013-02-17 |
| Brahms: Violin Sonata No.2 A major, op.100 | Szeryng / Rubinstein, Kavakos / Wang, Faust / Melnikov | 2015-10-17 | 2015-10-17 |
| Brahms: Cello Sonata No.1 in E minor, op.38 | Christoph Croisé / Oxana Shevchenko | 2015-08-31 | 2015-09-24 |
| Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia | Harry Christophers, Cantalea | 2012-07-30 | 2012-07-30 |
| Brüll: Piano Works | Alexandra Oehler | 2017-07-26 | 2017-07-26 |
| Bull: Keyboard works | Kathryn Cok | 2014-08-24 | 2014-08-24 |
| Busoni: Transcription of Bach’s Toccata, Adagio & Fugue, BWV 564 | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-04-13 | 2014-04-13 |
| Busoni: Bach’s Violin Partita, BWV 1004, Chaconne (transcription) | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-04-28 | 2014-04-28 |
| Byrd: Quadran Paven & Galliard; “Have with yow to Walsingame” | Davitt Moroney | 2014-08-24 | 2014-08-24 |
| Carreño: Ballad op.15, Piano pieces | Alexandra Oehler | 2014-08-07 | 2014-08-07 |
| Chabrier: Piano pieces | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-04-30 | 2014-04-30 |
| Chopin: Etudes op.25 | Ashkenazy, Pollini, Sokolov | 2012-11-22 | 2014-03-26 |
| Chopin: Préludes op.28 | Argerich, Askenase, Barenboim, Pollini, Sokolov | 2012-11-22 | 2014-03-26 |
| Chopin: Sonata op.39 | Argerich, Askenase, Avdeeva, Pollini, Sokolov | 2012-11-22 | 2014-03-26 |
| Corelli: Sonatas | Steger / Kitaya, Holloway / Mortensen, Montanari / Dantone | 2014-02-07 | 2015-05-22 |
| Crusell: Clarinet Concerti E♭ op.1, F minor op.5, B♭ op.11 | Emma Johnson, Martin Fröst | 2017-05-05 | 2017-05-05 |
| Debussy: Images, Etudes | Pierre-Laurent Aimard | 2012-11-16 | 2012-11-16 |
| Debussy: Préludes | Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Friedrich Gulda | 2012-11-16 | 2012-11-16 |
| Duphly: Pièces de Clavecin | Christophe Rousset | 2013-01-18 | 2013-01-18 |
| Dvořák: Symphonic Poems, opp.107 – 110 | Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 2014-04-17 | 2014-06-13 |
| Enescu: String Octet in C major, op.7 | Gringolts Quartet / Meta4, Vilde Frang & Friends | 2023-07-24 | 2023-07-24 |
| Eötvös: Violin concerto “Seven” | Patricia Kopatchinskaja / Péter Eötvös | 2014-05-28 | 2014-05-28 |
| de Falla: Piano pieces / encores | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-06-29 | 2014-06-29 |
| Fauré: Piano pieces | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-04-30 | 2014-04-30 |
| Franck: Prélude, Choral & Fugue | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-12-29 | 2014-12-29 |
| Franck: Cello (Violin) Sonata in A | Isserlis / Hough, Spivakov / Bezrodnyi, Perlman / Argerich | 2012-07-30 | 2012-07-30 |
| Gallay: Concerts cachés, for Horn solo | Anneke Scott | 2014-11-23 | 2014-11-23 |
| Gallay: Chamber music for natural horn ensemble | Les Chevaliers de Saint Hubert | 2014-11-23 | 2014-11-23 |
| Gershwin: Piano pieces | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-05-07 | 2014-05-07 |
| Godowsky: 54 Studies on Chopin’s Etudes | Carlo Grante, Marc-André Hamelin | 2013-06-28 | 2013-06-28 |
| Górecki: Symphony Nr.3, op.36 | Yuri Simonov, David Zinman | 2013-10-27 | 2013-10-27 |
| Górecki: Miserere op.44, Amen op.35 | John Nelson | 2012-11-25 | 2025-04-05 |
| Granados: Piano pieces / encores | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-06-29 | 2014-06-29 |
| Grieg: Ballad op.24, Lyric Pieces | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-07-26 | 2014-07-26 |
| Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto | Curtis / Lemieux / Gauvin | 2013-03-09 | 2013-03-09 |
| Handel: Sonatas for wind instruments | Brüggen / Hayes, Schneider, Steger | 2014-03-26 | 2014-03-26 |
| Haydn: Andante con Variazioni F minor | Rubinstein, Buchbinder, Schornsheim, Staier | 2014-05-09 | 2014-05-09 |
| Krufft: Sonata for horn and piano | Anneke Scott / Kathryn Cok | 2013-09-30 | 2014-08-22 |
| Leidesdorf: Sonata for horn and piano | Anneke Scott / Kathryn Cok | 2013-09-30 | 2014-08-22 |
| Ligeti: Violin concerto | Patricia Kopatchinskaja / Péter Eötvös | 2014-05-28 | 2014-05-28 |
| Lyadov: Complete works for Piano | Marco Rapetti, Olga Solovieva | 2021-03-02 | 2021-03-02 |
| Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, Variations opp.82, 83 | Ilse von Alpenheim | 2015-10-26 | 2015-10-26 |
| Mendelssohn: Lied ohne Worte op.67/4, “Spinnerlied” | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-05-09 | 2014-05-09 |
| Mendelssohn: Organ sonatas op.65 | Gurtner, Schättin | 2013-01-26 | 2013-01-26 |
| Mendelssohn: Octet in E♭ major, op.20 | Gringolts Quartet / Meta4, Emerson String Quartet | 2023-07-24 | 2023-07-24 |
| Milhaud: Piano pieces | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-04-30 | 2014-04-30 |
| Mompou: Piano pieces | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-05-07 | 2014-05-07 |
| Monteverdi: L’Orfeo (DVD) | Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | 2015-08-04 | 2015-08-04 |
| Monteverdi: L’Incoronazione di Poppea (DVD) | Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | 2015-08-04 | 2015-08-04 |
| Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d’Ulisse in Patria (DVD) | Nikolaus Harnoncourt / Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | 2015-08-04 | 2015-08-04 |
| Mozart: Rondo a minor, K.511 | Rubinstein, Gieseking, Brautigam, Bezuidenhout | 2014-05-11 | 2015-06-09 |
| Mozart: Variations K.360 | David Oistrakh / Paul Badura-Skoda, Petra Müllejans / Kristian Bezuidenhout | 2014-04-05 | 2014-04-05 |
| Mozart: Adagio & Fugue K.546 | Hagen Quartett, Chiaroscuro Quartet | 2014-04-05 | 2014-04-05 |
| Mozart: Rondo for piano & orchestra in A, K.386 | Clara Haskil, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Kristian Bezuidenhout | 2014-04-08 | 2014-11-11 |
| Myaskovsky: Cello Sonata Nr.1 op.12 | Truls Mørk / Jean-Yves Thibaudet | 2012-07-30 | 2012-07-30 |
| Paganini: Variations “Mosé in Egitto” for Cello and Piano | Christoph Croisé / Oxana Shevchenko | 2015-08-31 | 2015-09-24 |
| Pärt: Adam’s Lament | Tönu Kaljuste | 2012-11-25 | 2012-11-25 |
| Popper: Dance of the Elves, for Cello & Piano | Christoph Croisé / Oxana Shevchenko | 2015-08-31 | 2015-09-24 |
| Poulenc: Piano pieces | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-04-30 | 2014-04-30 |
| Prokofiev: Visions fugitives op.22 | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-05-01 | 2014-05-01 |
| Prokofiev: Violin sonatas opp.80 & 94bis, 5 Melodies op.35bis | Alina Ibragimova / Steven Osborne | 2014-08-19 | 2014-08-19 |
| Prokofiev: Sonatas for solo violin op.115 / Sonata for two violins op.56 | Lydia Mordkovitch / Simone Young | 2015-03-27 | 2021-04-18 |
| Prokofiev: Cello Sonata in C major, op.119 | Christoph Croisé / Oxana Shevchenko | 2015-08-31 | 2015-09-24 |
| Prokofiev: Violin concerto No.2, op.63 | Patricia Kopatchinskaja / Vladimir Jurowski | 2014-05-28 | 2014-05-28 |
| Rachmaninoff: Prélude from “Morceaux de fantaisie” op.3 | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-05-11 | 2014-05-11 |
| Rachmaninoff: 2 Pieces for Cello & Piano op.2 | Truls Mørk / Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Steven Isserlis / Stephen Hough | 2012-07-30 | 2012-07-30 |
| Rachmaninoff: Vocalise | Rebecca Evans / Steven Isserlis / Stephen Hough | 2012-07-30 | 2012-07-30 |
| Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata G minor op.19 | Truls Mørk / Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Steven Isserlis / Stephen Hough | 2012-07-30 | 2015-10-03 |
| Rameau: Suites d’Orchestre | Jordi Savall | 2012-07-27 | 2012-07-27 |
| Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales, Miroirs, Tombeau de Couperin | Arthur Rubinstein, Walter Gieseking | 2014-12-27 | 2014-12-27 |
| Music for Recorder | Steger / Kitaya, Icarus Ensemble | 2014-01-31 | 2014-11-21 |
| Music for Traverso or Recorder | Svendsen, Kuijken, Laurin / London Baroque | 2013-12-21 | 2014-01-16 |
| Ries: Piano Works | Alexandra Oehler | 2017-07-26 | 2017-07-26 |
| Rubinstein, Anton: Piano pieces | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-05-07 | 2014-05-07 |
| Arthur Rubinstein — The Complete Album Collection | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-04-13 | 2014-04-13 |
| Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonatas | Pieter Jan Belder, Andreas Staier | 2012-08-31 | 2012-08-31 |
| Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonatas | Pieter Jan Belder, Andreas Staier, Ottavio Dantone | 2012-09-29 | 2012-09-29 |
| Scarlatti, Domenico: Keyboard Sonatas | Pieter Jan Belder | 2012-07-27 | 2012-07-27 |
| Schnittke: Praeludium in Memoriam D. Shostakovich | Lydia Mordkovitch / Simone Young | 2015-03-27 | 2021-04-18 |
| Schubert: 4 Impromptus, op.90, D.899 | Arthur Rubinstein, András Schiff | 2015-10-31 | 2015-10-31 |
| Schubert: Compositions for Violin & Piano | Ibragimova / Tiberghien, Shiokawa / Schiff, Wispelwey / Giacometti | 2013-11-21 | 2017-06-28 |
| Schubert: Vocal duets, trios, quartets | Ameling / Baker / Schreier / Fischer-Dieskau | 2013-02-17 | 2013-02-17 |
| Schubert: Lieder, incl. “Der Hirt auf dem Felsen” | Ferrier / Walter, Wunderlich / Giesen, Price / Sawallisch, Haefliger / Dähler | 2014-08-13 | 2014-08-13 |
| Schubert: Symphonies 7 & 8 | Wilhelm Furtwängler, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Thomas Dausgaard | 2012-07-28 | 2012-07-28 |
| Schubert: Mass A♭ major, Mass E♭ major | Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 2012-08-31 | 2012-08-31 |
| Schumann: Novelletten op.21 Nr.2, 4, 8 | Svjatoslav Richter | 2012-07-30 | 2012-07-30 |
| Schumann: Dichterliebe op.48, Liederkreis op.39, other Lieder | Wunderlich, Fischer-Dieskau, Bostridge, Goerne, Terfel | 2012-11-01 | 2012-11-01 |
| Schumann: Piano Quintet op.44, Piano Quartet op.47 | Melnikov/Jerusalem Quartet, Levine/LaSalle Quartet | 2012-11-01 | 2012-11-01 |
| Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129 | Queyras, Piatigorsky, Rostropovich | 2016-05-03 | 2016-05-24 |
| Schumann: Violin Concerto in D minor, WoO 1 | Isabelle Faust, Christian Tetzlaff | 2016-05-01 | 2016-05-01 |
| Scriabin: Piano pieces | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-05-07 | 2014-05-07 |
| Scriabin: Piano sonata No.3, op.23 | Vladimir Ashkenazy, Bernd Glemser, Marc-André Hamelin | 2013-09-30 | 2014-08-22 |
| Senfl: Songs | Huber / Näf / Staempfli / Piguet, Denys / La Caccia | 2013-03-10 | 2013-03-10 |
| Shostakovich: Violin sonata op.134 | Mordkovitch / Benson, Gringolts / Vonsattel, Faust / Melnikov | 2015-03-27 | 2021-04-18 |
| Smetana: Má Vlast | Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 2014-04-17 | 2014-04-17 |
| R. Strauss: Violin Sonata E♭ major, op.18 | Haifetz / Sánder, Spivakov / Bezrodnyi, Frang / Lifits | 2015-10-03 | 2017-09-17 |
| Stravinsky: Trois Mouvements de Pétrouchka | Arthur Rubinstein, Maurizio Pollini | 2014-05-07 | 2014-05-07 |
| Stravinsky: Violin concerto in D | Patricia Kopatchinskaja / Vladimir Jurowski | 2014-05-28 | 2014-05-28 |
| Szymanowski: Mazurkas | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-05-11 | 2014-05-11 |
| Tchaikovsky: The Seasons op.37a | Vladimir Ashkenazy | 2014-05-01 | 2014-05-01 |
| Tchaikovsky: Pezzo capriccioso for cello and piano, op.62 | Christoph Croisé / Oxana Shevchenko | 2015-08-31 | 2015-09-24 |
| Telemann: Recorder music | Maurice Steger / Naoki Kitaya | 2014-02-07 | 2014-02-07 |
| Tignor: Together Into This Unknowable Night | Brooklyn Rider | 2012-07-30 | 2012-07-30 |
| Tischhauser: Joggeli söll ga Birli schüttle | Räto Tschupp | 2012-07-30 | 2012-07-30 |
| Villa-Lobos: A Prole do Bebê, Suíte floral | Arthur Rubinstein | 2014-07-09 | 2014-07-09 |
| Vivaldi: Concerti | Steger / Fasolis, Steinmann / Müller-Brühl, Carmignola | 2015-06-21 | 2015-06-21 |
| Vivaldi: 12 Concerti op.9, “La Cetra” | Rachel Podger | 2013-10-27 | 2013-10-27 |
| Webern: Bagatellen op.9, 5 Stücke op.5 | Hagen Quartett | 2012-11-01 | 2012-11-01 |
| Weiss: Lute Sonatas | Yasunori Imamura | 2013-01-18 | 2013-01-18 |
| Ysaÿe: Sonatas for Solo Violin, op.27 | Shumsky / Zimmermann / Zehetmair / Baráti | 2017-12-29 | 2017-12-29 |
