The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review in the past month.
“Contralto”
Nathalie Stutzmann, Orfeo 55
Nathalie Stutzmann features as both a soloist and conductor in works by Handel and Vivaldi, and a handful of world-premieres by Baroque composers.
Weinberg – Violin Concerto, Sonata for Two Violins
Gidon Kremer
Gidon Kremer returns to Weinberg, with a performance of the Violin Concerto with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Daniele Gatti.
Bach – Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II
Piotr Anderszewski
Piotr Anderszewski plays 12 Preludes and Fugues from the second book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier.
Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 1, Symphonic Dances
Philadelphia Orchestra, Nézet-Séguin
In a first album of what will become a full cycle, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra in Rachmaninoff’s first Symphony.
Medtner – Songs
Sofia Fomina, Alexander Karpeyev
Soprano Sofia Fomina and pianist Alexander Karpeyev perform 22 songs by Nikolai Medtner.
Janáček – Piano Works
Lars Vogt
Lars Vogt in a piano recital of music by Leoš Janáček: Piano Sonata, “In the Mists” and “On an Overgrown Path”.
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