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Review: Mendelssohn – Elijah – LSO, Pappano

David A. McConnell - October 21, 2024March 4, 2026

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra in Mendelssohn’s Elijah, performed in English.

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Review: Mozart – Requiem – Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon

David A. McConnell - October 14, 2024March 4, 2026

Raphaël Pichon conducts Pygmalion in a program that combines Mozart’s Requiem with his earlier choral works.

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Review: Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 2 & 3, Piano Sonata No. 7 – Stewart Goodyear

David A. McConnell - October 7, 2024March 4, 2026

Stewart Goodyear plays Prokofiev’s Piano Concertos No. 2 & 3 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Litton.

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Review: Contemplation – Huw Montague Rendall

David A. McConnell - September 30, 2024March 4, 2026

Baritone Huw Montague Rendall in opera arias by Mozart, Mahler, Korngold, Britten, Gounod, Duparc and more.

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Review: Bruckner – Symphony No. 9 – Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich – Paavo Järvi

David A. McConnell - September 25, 2024February 13, 2026

Paavo Järvi continues his new Bruckner cycle with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich.

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Review: Elgar – Violin Concerto – Vilde Frang, Robin Ticciati

David A. McConnell - September 16, 2024October 24, 2025

Vilde Frang plays Elgar Violin Concerto with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin under Robin Ticciati.

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Review: Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”) – Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Nathalie Stutzmann

David A. McConnell - September 9, 2024March 4, 2026

Nathalie Stutzmann conducts the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Dvořák’s 9th Symphony (“From the New World”) and the “American Suite”.

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Review: Fauré – Requiem, Gounod – Messe de Clovis – Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

David A. McConnell - September 2, 2024March 4, 2026

Hervé Niquet leads Le Concert Spirituel in Fauré’s Requiem and Gounod’s Messe de Clovis.

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Review: Dvořák – Symphonies No. 7-9 – Semyon Bychkov

David A. McConnell - August 22, 2024March 4, 2026

Semyon Bychkov leads the Czech Philharmonic in Dvořák’s three famous symphonies.

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Review: The Kurt Weill Album – Joana Mallwitz

David A. McConnell - August 12, 2024March 4, 2026

Joana Mallwitz conducts the Konzerthausorchester Berlin in Kurt Weill’s two symphonies and “The Seven Deadly Sins”.

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Dr. David A. McConnell is Artistic Director of Berks Sinfonietta and Vox Philia, Music Instructor at Penn State (Berks Campus) and Alvernia Universities, all located in Reading, PA. He also serve as Artistic Director of Voices Chorale NJ in Pennington, NJ, and writes CD reviews for The Classic Review. He holds degrees from Westminster Choir College, Temple University, and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

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