David Nice
Recent articles by David Nice
Behind every great man... is an even greater woman: the wives of the great composers
If composers’ wives could be the ultimate muse, some were coerced into giving up their own careers to support their husbands
R Strauss: Ein Heldenleben; Mahler: Rückert Lieder
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)