Paul Agnew conducts Les Arts Florissants in the Paris 1774 version of Gluck’s Orphée et Eurydice.
Review: Nielsen – Clarinet Concerto, Symphony No.5 – Carbonare, Bergen Philharmonic, Gardner
Edward Gardner conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Nielsen’s Helios overture and Symphony No.5. Alessandro Carbonare is soloist in the Clarinet Concerto.
Review – “Requiem: Mozart’s Death in Words and Music” – Manfred Honeck
A special production of Mozart’s Requiem, with F. Murray Abraham, soloists, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, led by Manfred Honeck.
Review: Beethoven for Three, Vol. 4 – Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
Leonidas Kavakos, Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax perform Beethoven’s ‘Ghost’ and ‘Gassenhauer’ piano trios, and Shai Wosner’s arrangement of the first symphony.
Review: Purcell – Dido & Aeneas – Joyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Joyce DiDonato takes the lead role in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, with Il Pomo d’Oro under Maxim Emelyanychev. Other cast members include Michael Spyres, Fatma Said and Beth Taylor.
Review: Bach – King of Kings – Sir Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins
Bach orchestral transcriptions by Sir Andrew Davis, with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Davis and Martyn Brabbins.
Review: Bacewicz – Orchestral Works, Volume 2, Donohoe, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oramo
The second volume of Grażyna Bacewicz’s complete orchestral works conducted by Sakari Oramo. Including the Concerto For Orchestra, Symphony No. 2, and Piano Concerto.
Review: Mozart – Violin Concertos – Chloe Chua, Singapore Symphony orchestra, Hans Graf
Chloe Chua plays Mozart’s complete violin concertos, with the Singapore Symphony orchestra under Hans Graf.
Double Review: Bojan Čičić and Rachel Podger Play Biber
Bojan Čičić and Rachel Podger in two new albums with Biber violin sonatas from 1681.
Review: Brahms – Symphonies No. 3 & 4 – Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano conducts the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg in Brahms’ third and fourth symphonies.