David Nice

Recent articles by David Nice

Review: Keel Road (Danish String Quartet)

In his review, David Nice calls the Danish String Quartet's northern voyage 'a multifaceted diamond.'

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)