Review: Bruch – String Quintets & Octet – WDR Sinfonieorchester Chamber Players
Three chamber works for strings by Max Bruch with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Chamber Players.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – “Hammerklavier” Sonata, Eroica Variations – Aimard
Pierre-Laurent Aimard combines Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29, Op. 106 ("Hammerklavier") with the Eroica Variations, Op. 35.
Review: “Magnificat 2” – The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge, Nethsingha
The Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge and Andrew Nethsingha on their second installment completely dedicated to settings of the Evening Canticles — the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis.
Review: Shostakovich – Symphonies 1, 14 & 15 – Boston Symphony Orchestra, Nelsons
Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra continue their Shostakovich cycle, with Symphonies No. 1, 14 and 15, with the chamber Symphony in C Minor.
Review: Mozart – “Prussian” String Quartets – Doric String Quartet
The Doric String Quartet launch their Mozart cycle with the late "Prussian" quartets.
Review: “Reimagine: Beethoven and Ravel” – Inna Faliks, Piano
Pianist Inna Faliks combines Beethoven’s Op. 126 Bagatelles with nine new contemporary pieces, some influenced by Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit.
Review: Duruflé: Complete Organ Works – Thomas Trotter
Thomas Trotter performs Duruflé's complete organ works on the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge's Harrison & Harrison organ.
Review: When Do We Dance? – Lise de la Salle, Piano
Lise de la Salle in a piano program of dances from around the globe.
Review: Dvořák – Dumky Trio, Kodály – Duo – Kelemen, Altstaedt, Lonquich
Barnabás Kelemen, Nicolas Altstaedt and Alexander Lonquich play Kodály's Duo for Violin and Cello with Dvořák's "Dumky" piano Trio.
Review: “First Light” – Pekka Kuusisto, Nico Muhly
Pekka Kuusisto plays a new Violin Concerto by Nico Muhly, with works by Philip Glass.