David Fray joins a group of 3 more pianists to record Bach’s multiple pianos concertos.
Review: “In Concert” – Till Fellner Plays Liszt, Beethoven (ECM)
Till Fellner in impressive two concerts recordings, playing Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage and Beethoven’s last piano sonata, Op. 111.
Review: “BAÏKA” – Nemanja Radulovic
Khachaturian’s Violin Concerto is quite a rarity these days, unjustifiably so. Violinist Nemanja Radulovic puts this concerto as the center of a well planned, “oriental” related theme album, named “BAÏKA” (“Tale”).
Review: Les Défis de Monsieur Forqueray – Lucile Boulanger, Viola da Gamba
Antoine Forqueray (1672-1745), a French Baroque composer and Viola da Gamba master, is the center of this fascinating album. Lucie Boulanger chose pieces which this rather forgotten figure either played or composed. Some are transcribed from violin to Viola da Gamba, other written specifically for the Viola.
Review: Seong-Jin Cho Plays Mozart (DG)
Seong-Jin Cho (조성진) , winner of the 2015 Chopin Competition, has already produced good albums with music by Chopin and Debussy. Now he turns his attention to Mozart, giving a persuasive account of the dark D Minor Piano Concerto and two solo Sonatas.
Review: Schubert Death and the Maiden Quartet and D. 173 – The Chiaroscuro Quartet
There always seems to be two extreme approaches to Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” String Quartet – The energetic, swift and sometimes rough approach (The Lindsays, Takács and Pavel Haas [ … ]
New Album Review – Fabian Müller Plays Brahms
Fabian Müller gives a fascinating Brahms recital, that may be considered among the best in recent years.
Review: Daniel Harding Conducts Mahler Symphony No. 5
This release of Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is the second of what Harmonia Mundi says will be a cycle of the Mahler Symphonies from Daniel Harding and the orchestra he elevated to impressive artistic heights – The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Read the full review.
Album Review: Maxim Emelyanychev Conducts Beethoven And Brahms
Maxim Emelyanychev conducts the soloists of Nizhny Novgorod in Beethoven’s “Eroica” Symphony and Brahms’s Haydn Variations.
Review: “Destination Rachmaninov – Departure” – Piano Concertos No. 2 & 4 – Daniil Trifonov
Following their much-praised release of Rachmaninov’s “Paganini Variations”, Daniil Trifonov, the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin start with what will become a complete cycle of the Rachmaninov Piano Concertos. This release includes the famous Second Concerto, along with the less popular Fourth, the later recorded live in Philadelphia.
