Review: Joan Tower – “Strike Zones”, “Ivory and Ebony” – Evelyn Glennie, Blair McMillen
Dame Evelyn Glennie and Blair McMillen on Joan Tower's contemporary Concertos for percussion and piano, with the Albany Symphony under David Alan Miller.
Album Reviews
Review: “Baroque” – Nicola Benedetti, Violin
Nicola Benedetti and the "Benedetti Baroque Orchestra" play Violin Concertos by Geminiani and Vivaldi.
Review: “Diffusion” – The Verona Quartet Play Janáček, Szymanowski and Ravel
On their debut album, the Verona Quartet play Janáček's ‘Intimate letters’ quartet, with Szymanowski's String Quartet No. 2 and Ravel's String Quartet in F Major.
Review: Handel – Organ Concertos – Joseph, Haselböck, Wiener Akademie
Jeremy Joseph plays Handel's Op. 7 Organ Concertos, and Martin Haselböck plays and conducts in the Organ Concertos Op. 4, with the Wiener Akademie.
Review: “Mozart and Flute in Paris” – Emmanuel Pahud
Emmanuel Pahud in works either written in Paris or inspired by the French school of flute playing, including Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp.
Review: “Roots” – Randall Goosby, Violin
Violinist Randall Goosby in his debut album, with pianist Zhu Wang and contrabass player and composer Xavier Dubois Foley.
Review: “Élégie” – Anita Rachvelishvili, Vincenzo Scalera
Mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili and pianist Vincenzo Scalera present a varied program of songs by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, de Falla and more.
Review: Beethoven – Complete Piano Concertos – Zimerman, LSO, Rattle
Three decades after his famous cycle with Bernstein, Krystian Zimerman returns to Beethoven's five Piano Concertos with Sir Simon Rattle and the London Symphony Orchestra.
Review: Chopin – Complete Nocturnes – Alain Planès
Alain Planès performs Chopin complete Nocturnes on 1836 Pleyel piano.
Review: Beethoven – Fidelio – Davidsen, Janowski
Lise Davidsen takes on the role of Leonore in Beethoven's Fidelio, with Dresdner Philharmonie under Marek Janowski.