Review: Mozart & Poulenc – Double & Triple Piano Concertos – Kodama, Nagano
Kent Nagano, his daughter Karin, wife Mari Kodama, and her sister Momo in double and triple piano concertos by Mozart and Poulenc.
Album Reviews
Review: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons – Alfia Bakieva, Jordi Savall
Alfia Bakieva performs Vivaldi's Le quattro stagioni and other concertos with Les Musiciennes Du Concert Des Nations under Jordi Savall.
Review: Rachmaninoff – The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody – Pletnev, Nagano
Mikhail Pletnev and his newly formed ensemble in Rachmaninoff's complete works for piano and orchestra.
Review: Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice – Jakub Józef Orliński
Jakub Józef Orliński takes the leading role in Gluck's famous opera.
Review: All These Lighted Things: Prokofiev, Ogonek & Ravel – Elim Chan
Elim Chan leads the Antwerp Symphony orchestra in works by Prokofiev, Ogonek, and Ravel.
Notable Classical Music Box Sets, May 2024
Four notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Review: The Vienna Recital – Yuja Wang, Piano
Yuja Wang in a live recording from Vienna's Konzerthaus, with works by Beethoven, Scriabin, Albéniz, Kapustin, Ligeti, and Glass.
Review: Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, Dean – Piano Concerto – Jonathan Biss
Jonathan Biss embarks on a new Beethoven Piano Concertos cycle, accompanying each concerto with a contemporary piece.
Review: Beethoven – Complete Symphonies – Kammerakademie Potsdam, Antonello Manacorda
Antonello Manacorda leads the Kammerakademie Potsdam in Beethoven's complete Symphonies.
Review: Chopin – Études – Yunchan Lim
Yunchan Lim performs Chopin's Études opus 10 & 25.