Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky performs Baroque Oratorio arias, with 7 world premiere recordings.
Review: “Carnival of the Animals” – The Kanneh-Masons
The Kanneh-Masons play Saint-Saëns’ “Carnival of the Animals” with a selection of miscellaneous pieces. With poems by Michael Morpurgo, read by the author and actress Olivia Colman.
Review: “Portraits de la Folie” – Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ensemble Amarillis, Gaillard
Mezzo-soprano Stéphanie d’Oustrac joins Ensemble Amarillis and Héloïse Gaillard in a program of baroque music.
Review: “El Nour” – Fatma Said, Soprano
In a debut album, soprano Fatma Said presents a program that combines French, Spanish and Arabic songs.
Double Review: Khatia Buniatishvili – “Labyrinth”, Bertrand Chamayou – “Good Night!”
In this double review, we compare two multi-track piano recitals – Khatia Buniatishvili’s “Labyrinth”, and Bertrand Chamayou’s “Good Night!”.
Review: Haydn – Die Schöpfung (The Creation) – Antonini
Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico perform Haydn’s “Die Schöpfung” (The Creation), with soloists Anna Lucia Richter, Maximilian Schmitt and Florian Boesch.
Review: “The Messenger” – Hélène Grimaud Plays Mozart and Silvestrov
Hélène Grimaud plays Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor with the Camerata Salzburg and two Fantasies, with works by Valentin Silvestrov.
Review: Haydn – String Quartets Op. 33 – Doric String Quartet
In their fourth volume of Haydn’s String Quartets for Chandos, the Doric Quartet play the six String Quartets of opus 33.
Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 – Les Siècles, Roth
François-Xavier Roth conducts Les Siècles in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Gossec’s “Symphonie à Dix-Sept Parties”.
Review: Janáček – The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta – London Symphony Orchestra, Rattle
Simon Rattle returns to Janáček’s opera, this time in the original Czech, along with the Sinfonietta. Soloists are joined by the London Symphony Orchestra.