Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the RIAS Kammerchor and the Freiburger Barockorchester in Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, played on period instruments.
Review: “Somnia” – Denis Kozhukhin, Piano
Denis Kozhukhin plays Prokofiev’s Music For Children, Tchaikovsky’s Children’s Album, and Shor’s second piano sonata.
Review: Mozart – Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3 – Angela Hewitt
The final volume of Angela Hewitt’s Mozart cycle, with the late piano sonatas and other works.
Review: ‘L’extase’ – Debussy & Messiaen Songs – Magdalena Kožená, Mitsuko Uchida
Magdalena Kožená and Mitsuko Uchida perform songs by Debussy and Messiaen.
Review: Chopin – Piano Sonatas No. 2 & 3 – Benjamin Grosvenor
Benjamin Grosvenor plays Chopin’s piano sonatas No. 2 & 3, the first Ballade, Berceuse and two Nocturnes.
Review: Brahms – Lieder – Christian Gerhaher, Gerold Huber
Baritone Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber in a Brahms Lieder program.
Review: Scriabin – Vers la Flamme – Yevgeny Sudbin, Piano
Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin presents a Scriabin program, including Vers la flamme, piano sonatas No. 4 & 10, preludes and etudes.
Review: Shostakovich – The Piano Concertos, Solo Works – Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang performs Shostakovich’s two piano concertos and solo works, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons.
Review: Mozart – Haffner-Akademie – Anna Prohaska, Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi
Mozart’s opera arias and the Haffner symphony, performed by Soprano Anna Prohaska with Ensemble Resonanz under Riccardo Minasi.
Review: ‘Beethoven 5, Vol. 3’ – Jonathan Biss
Jonathan Biss continues his Beethoven piano concertos cycle, with the second concerto, adding Timo Andres’ ‘the Blind Banister’.
