Baritone Will Liverman and pianist Paul Sánchez in a program of songs by black composers.
Review: Elgar – Violin Concerto, Violin Sonata – Renaud Capuçon, Simon Rattle, Stephen Hough
Renaud Capuçon is accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra in Elgar’s Violin Concerto, and is joined by Stephen Hough in the Violin Sonata.
Review: Prokofiev – Piano Works – Nicholas Angelich
Nicholas Angelich plays Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 8, Visions fugitives and excerpts from Romeo & Juliet.
Review: “Hallgató” – Ferenc Snétberger, Keller Quartett
Guitarist Ferenc Snétberger in his own Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra with the Keller String Quartet, and Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8 (ECM, 2021)
Review: Janáček – Piano Works – Lars Vogt
Lars Vogt in a piano recital of music by Leoš Janáček: Piano Sonata, “In the Mists” and “On an Overgrown Path”.
Review: Medtner – Songs – Sofia Fomina, Alexander Karpeyev
Soprano Sofia Fomina and pianist Alexander Karpeyev perform 22 songs by Nikolai Medtner.
Review: Bach – Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (Excerpts) – Piotr Anderszewski
Piotr Anderszewski plays 12 Preludes and Fugues from the second book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier.
Review: “Contralto” – Nathalie Stutzmann, Orfeo 55
Contralto Nathalie Stutzmann features as both a soloist and conductor in works by Handel, Vivaldi, and Lotti, and a handful of world-premieres by other Baroque composers.
Review: Trio Zeliha plays Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Arensky
In a debut album, Trio Zeliha perform Shostakovich. Arensky and Mendelssohn’s first Piano Trios.
Review: “Verklärte Nacht” – Rice, Skelton, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gardner
Edward Gardner in two interpretations of Richard Dehmel’s “Verklärte Nacht”, one by Schoenberg and the other by Oskar Fried, with tone poems by Korngold and Lehár.