Review: “Divertissement!” – c/o Chamber Orchestra play Ibert, Bernard, Bartók and Ippolito
On their debut recording, the c/o Chamber Orchestra perform Divertimenti by Ibert, Bernard, Bartók and Ippolito.
Album Reviews
Review: Debussy – Fantaisie, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, La Mer – Argerich, Soltani, Barenboim
Martha Argerich on her first ever recording of Debussy's Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra, with Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim, who accompanies in the Violin and Cello Sonatas…
Review: Saint-Saëns – Symphonies No. 1 & 2 – Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Kantorow
Jean-Jacques Kantorow continues his journey with Saint-Saëns, this time conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège in the early Symphonies No. 1 and 2, and the youthful Symphony…
Review: American Quintets – Beach, Price, Barber – Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective play works by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Florence Beatrice Price and Samuel Barber.
Review: “Mozart Momentum 1785” – Piano Concertos – Leif Ove Andsnes, Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra perform Mozart's Piano Concertos No. 20-22, with a Piano Quartet and solo works.
Review: Beethoven – Complete Cello Sonatas – Yo Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax
Yo Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax return to Beethoven's complete Cello and Piano music, 40 years after their first recording.
Review: “In Umbra Mortis” – Cappella Amsterdam, Daniel Reuss
Daniel Reuss conducts Cappella Amsterdam in a program which combines Renaissance composer Giaches de Wert and contemporary composer Wolfgang Rihm.
Review: Strauss – Ein Heldenleben, Burleske – Chamayou, Pappano
Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Strauss' Ein Heldenleben and Burleske, with pianist Bertrand Chamayou.
Review: Brahms – Piano Concertos – András Schiff, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
András Schiff plays and conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Brahms' two Piano Concertos, using period instruments.
Review: “The Brandenburg Project” – Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in a program of Bach's six Brandenburg Concertos with 6 works by contemporary composers.