Garrick Ohlsson: Beethoven Sonatas, Vol. 1 <BR> BRIDGE 9198Best of Year American Record Guide Bridge Records is pleased to be releasing the first in a series of Garrick Ohlsson Beethoven Sonata discs as part of its new Garrick Ohlsson Edition. This disc includes one each of Beethoven's shortest and longest Sonatas (Op. 78 and Op. 7 respectively) as well as one of Beethoven's late masterpieces Op. 101. In the coming months Bridge Records will release Volumes 2 and 3 of this series to coincide with the

“The remarkable disc

but throughout the set Walton and the NZSO make his music sound new

The first CD opens with Walton leading a magisterial 'God Savethe Queen' and segues into an impassioned reading of his romantic Violin Concerto

David Purser

She has a deft soft touch for the slow études

“This disc would make a very useful introduction to Schnittke for any listener just wanting to get to know something about this controversial composer

Sergei Rachmaninoff

This CD marks the debut recording of a remarkable young chamber ensemble- the Daedalus Quartet

the premiere of "The Sour Thunder" took place in two separate venues simultaneously

Anton Rubinstein

Virgil Blackwell

"Peruvian Honeymoon"