Jan Lisiecki plays Mendelssohn two piano concertos and solo works with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra on Deutsche Grammophon.
Winners of the 2019 Grammy Awards for Classical Music Announced
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Review: Kristian Bezuidenhout Plays Haydn
Kristian Bezuidenhout plays sonatas and variations by Haydn on fortepiano, after completing his well-received Mozart cycle for Harmonia mundi.
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”) – Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä continues his Mahler cycle with the Minnesota Orchestra, performing Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”).
Box Set Review: Field Piano Concertos And Nocturnes – Frith (Naxos)
This box set groups Benjamin Frith’s 6 volumes of the Irish composer’s Piano Concertos and Nocturnes, with four Piano Sonatas.
Review: Maurizio Pollini Plays Chopin Op. 55-58 (2019)
Maurizio Pollini continues his Chopin recital series for Deutsche Grammophon, playing the Third Sonata, Nocturnes Op. 55, Mazurkas Op. 56 and Berceuse. The Mazurkas are new to Pollini’s long and distinguished Chopin discography.
Review: Gautier Capuçon Plays Schumann
Review: Gautier Capuçon plays Schumann’s Cello Concerto and chamber works with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Bernard Haitink and Martha Argerich.
Review – Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 – Antonini, Kammerorchester Basel
Review: Giovanni Antonini with the Kammerorchester Basel complete their Beethoven Symphonies cycle with this freshly conceived account of the 9th (Sony Classical)
Review: “In a Strange Land” – Stile Antico
This album combines some seven composers, all writing in circumstances of exile. Read the review of this special album performed by the Stile Antico group.
Review: Bach Violin Concertos – Shunske Sato
Violinist Shunske Sato performs Bach’s violin concertos and Double Concerto, with the period instruments group “Il Pomo D’oro”.