Part two – Choosing the best recording of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. This part covers recordings from the digital era, including period instruments versions.
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto – The Best Recordings – Part One
Part 1 of an extensive guide to the best recordings of Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto. We cover performances from the early mono era to latest digital versions.
Review: Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1 and 2 – Boris Giltburg
Boris Giltburg and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under Vasily Petrenko with a start to a new Beethoven Piano Concertos cycle.
Review: Beethoven – Complete Symphonies – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – Nelsons
Andris Nelsons and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra presents Beethoven’s nine Symphonies, recorded at the Musikverein.
Review: Beethoven – Complete Piano Sonatas – Igor Levit
Following his 2013 debut recording of Beethoven’s five last Piano Sonatas, Igor Levit presents the remaining 27, completing the cycle.
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 4 – LPO, Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski conducts Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 with the London Philharmonic Orchestra and soprano Sofia Fomina (2019).
Review: Haydn – Symphonies Transcriptions By Stegmann – Ivan Ilić, Piano
Piano transcriptions of Haydn’s symphonies No. 44, 75 & 92, made by Carl David Stegmann.
Review: Handel – Concerto Grossi Op. 6 (1-6) – Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Forck
The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin presents the first of what will become a three album series of Handel Concerti Grossi.
Review: “Bach to the Future” – Olivier Latry, Organ
Olivier Latry gives a recital of Bach’s organ works on the famous organ of the Notre-Dame de Paris.
Review: “Gateways” – Vengerov, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Yu
Maxim Vengerov plays Qigang Chen’s new Violin Concerto, and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra under Long Yu perform Chen’s “The Five Elements suite” and Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances.
