Browse: CD, Rihm (composer)

Mendelssohn’s Variations Concertantes packs a lot of variety into its nine minutes...The players here capture its changing moods, and the plangent song-like quality of the Assai Tranquillo, with... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The voice – a distinctive instrument offering a hint of Christian Gerhaher’s refined artlessness and some of the pleasingly acidic tang of Wolfgang Holzmair – changes according to the accompaniment:... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2021 More…

[The performances] demonstrate vividly how protean Rihm’s music can be, and are a reminder of how, throughout his career, his music has always been in a dialogue with the past, and of how he... — The Guardian, 3rd March 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Bookended by Bach arrangements, this album of solo piano works explores musical connections through history. The overwhelming echo in the recording creates a shimmering effect, overriding some... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 2 out of 5 stars More…

it’s one of Rihm’s greatest achievements, an unstoppable, ever-renewing stream of invention that seems to follow its own satisfying logic. It’s also phenomenally difficult to play, though you’d... — The Guardian, 3rd March 2022 More…

Throughout this disc, Rihm succeeds in combining the virtuosic elements of solo music with the deeper, thoughtful aspects of chamber music. — Fanfare, Mar/Apr 2023 More…

For all the intensity this programme would seem to demand and the manifest virtuosity of his technique, Müller seems to aim for a slightly distanced and more thoughtful approach – opting for... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Sony’s rich recording suits the repertoire: the Rihm is Romantic at heart, its lush textures magnificent, underpinned by modernist roots. Brahms is closer than one thinks. Wang’s violin sings... — Classical Music, July 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…