Review: Verdi – Arias – Ludovic Tézier (2021)
Baritone Ludovic Tézier in opera arias by Verdi, with Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna under Frédéric Chaslin.
Album Reviews
Review: Four Recent Chopin Albums (2021)
Every month, there are numerous Chopin recordings being released. Tal Agam writes about four new Chopin albums worthy of attention.
Review: “Russian Spectacular” – Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui
Lan Shui and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra perform Mussorgsky's Pictures in and Exhibition and other Russian works.
Review: Schumann – Complete Piano Trios, Piano Quartet, Piano Quintet – Trio Wanderer
Trio Wanderer in Schumann's complete piano trios, with the Piano Quintet and Quartet.
Review: Bruckner – Symphony No. 3 – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Thielemann
Christian Thielemann continues his ongoing Bruckner cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, this time in Symphony No. 3, recorded at the Musikverein.
Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) – Les Siècles, Roth
François-Xavier Roth conducts Les Siècles in Beethoven’s Third Symphony and an overture by Étienne-Nicolas Méhul.
Review: Schubert – Winterreise – Joyce DiDonato, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato is accompanied by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the piano, in Schubert's "Winterreise".
Review: Bach – Cantatas BWV 45, 198 (“Trauer Ode”) – Collegium Vocale Gent, Herreweghe
Philippe Herreweghe conducts Collegium Vocale Gent in his second recording of Bach's Cantata "Trauer Ode" BWV 198, with Cantata BWV 45 and Motet 118.
Review: Vaughan Williams – Symphonies No. 4 & 6 – LSO, Pappano
Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Vaughan Williams' Symphonies No. 4 and 6.
Review: Beethoven – The Last Three Piano Sonatas – Sunwook Kim
Sunwook Kim returns to Beethoven, with the last three Piano Sonatas, Op. 109-111.