20 years after their first recording, The Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki return to the St. John Passion, in a new recording made in Köln.
Review: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Connolly, Dean Smith, Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, with soloists Dame Sarah Connolly and Robert Dean Smith.
Review: Beethoven – Symphonies No. 1-5 – Le Concert des Nations, Savall
Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations present the first volume of their Beethoven complete Symphonies cycle, with Symphonies 1-5.
Mahler – Symphony No. 1 (“Titan”) – A Beginners Guide
A guide to Mahler’s First Symphony, with background, analysis and recommendations for the best recordings.
Review: Rouse – Symphony No. 5, Supplica, Concerto for Orchestra – Nashville Symphony, Guerrero
Three contemporary orchestral works by the late Christopher Rouse: Symphony No. 5, Concerto for Orchestra and “Supplica”, with the Nashville Symphony under Giancarlo Guerrero.
Review: Shostakovich – Symphony No. 13 (“Babi Yar”) – Russian National Orchestra – Karabits
Kirill Karabits and the Russian National Orchestra perform Shostakovich’s 13th Symphony (“Babi Yar”), with bass Oleg Tsibulko.
Review: “Vienna 1900” – Le Sage, Plesser, Kashimoto, Meyer, Pahud
A programme devoted to Viennese composers of the early twentieth century, including Berg, Zemlinsky, Korngold and Schönberg.
Review: Mozart – Mass in C Minor – Les Musiciens du Louvre , Minkowski
Les Musiciens du Louvre and Marc Minkowski perform Mozart’s great mass, with soloists Ana Maria Labin, Ambroisine Bré, Stanislas de Barbeyrac and Norman Patzke.
Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, Choral Fantasy – Bezuidenhout, Heras-Casado
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Freiburger Barockorchester in Beethoven “choral” Symphony. Kristian Bezuidenhout joins for the Choral Fantasy.
Review: Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 2, “Three Continents” – Jan Vogler
Cellist Jan Vogler performs Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2 with a new Concerto by three contemporary composers, named “Three Continents”.
