Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Category: Album Reviews
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Review: Giorgi Gigashvili Plays Prokofiev – ‘With All My Breath and All My Blood’
Giorgi Gigashvili plays Prokofiev’s “War Sonatas” for piano. Violinist Lisa Batiashvili joins in two short pieces.
Review: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Lemieux, Staples, Les Siècles, Roth
Les Siècles perform Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde on period instruments, with Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Andrew Staples. Conducted by François-Xavier Roth.
Review: MacDowell – Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 – Xiayin Wang, Peter Dixon, BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson
John Wilson conducts the BBC Philharmonic in MacDowell’s Piano Concerto and Cello Concerto. Performed by Xiayin Wang (piano) and Peter Dixon (cello).
Review: Brahms – Late Piano Music – Piotr Anderszewski
Piotr Anderszewski plays a selection of late works by Brahms.
Review: Mendelssohn, Enescu – Octets – Quatuor Ébène, Belcea Quartet
Quatuor Ébène and the Belcea Quartet join forces to play Octets by Mendelssohn and Enescu.
Review: Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 3, Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite – Nobuyuki Tsujii
Nobuyuki Tsujii plays Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and Pletnev’s piano arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. With the Liverpool Philharmonic under Domingo Hindoyan.
Review: Brahms – Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 – Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Edward Gardner completes his Brahms symphonies cycle with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
Review: Schubert – 4 Hands Piano Music – Bertrand Chamayou, Leif Ove Andsnes
Bertrand Chamayou and Leif Ove Andsnes in piano music for 4 hands by Schubert, including the F Minor Fantasia, D. 940.
Review: Bach – Cantatas BWV 4, 106, 131 – Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Sébastien Daucé leads Ensemble Correspondances in Bach’s cantatas BWV 4, 106, 131.
