Review: Phrases – Héloïse Werner, Soprano
Soprano and composer Héloïse Werner takes the listener on a journey of contemporary works centered around the theme of 'phrases'.
Album Reviews
Review: Il Tenore – Freddie De Tommaso, Tenor
In a follow up to his debut album, tenor Freddie De Tommaso offers this new release, featuring several guest singers, in music by Puccini and Bizet.
Review: Schubert – Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9 – Blomstedt, Gewandhausorchester
In his debut recording for the DG label, Herbert Blomstedt leads the Gewandhausorchester in Schubert's Symphony No. 8 ('Unfinished') and No. 9 ('The Great').
Review: Liszt – Piano Concertos, Sonata – Alexander Ullman, BBC Symphony, Litton
2017 Liszt Competition winner Alexander Ullman delivers an ambitious all-Liszt program featuring the B minor Sonata and piano concertos with the BBC symphony under Andrew Litton.
Review: Messiaen – Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus – Bertrand Chamayou, Piano
Bertrand Chamayou tackles Messiaen's iconic Vingt Regards sur L'Enfant-Jésus and additional works by Takemitsu, Murail, and others.
Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”) – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Honeck
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra continue their Beethoven symphony cycle, this time with Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral") and Steven Stucky's Silent Spring.
Review: Bach – Goldberg Variations – Klàra Wurtz, Piano
Pianist Klàra Wurtz performs an arguably perennial favorite, Bach's Goldberg Variations, for the Piano Classics label.
Review: Strauss – Orchestral Songs – Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano
Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Christoph Eschenbach, and the WDR Orchestra perform Richard's Strauss' finest orchestral songs, including the Four Last Songs.
Review: Schumann – Complete Symphonies – Pablo Heras-Casado, Münchner Philharmoniker
In a new release for Harmonia Mundi, Pablo Heras-Casado and Münchner Philharmoniker perform the complete Schumann symphonies cycle.
Review: Coleridge-Taylor – Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet – Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective presents three early chamber works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.