Gidon Kremer returns to Mieczysław Weinberg, with a performance of the Violin Concerto with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Daniele Gatti.
Category: Album Reviews
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Review: “Contralto” – Nathalie Stutzmann, Orfeo 55
Contralto Nathalie Stutzmann features as both a soloist and conductor in works by Handel, Vivaldi, and Lotti, and a handful of world-premieres by other Baroque composers.
Review: Haydn – Complete Symphonies, Vol. 9, “L’Addio” – Antonini
Giovanni Antonini continues his Haydn Symphonies cycle, this time with Symphonies HOB. 15, 35 and 45, “Farewell”.
Review: Bach – “Soli Deo Gloria” – Cantatas 21,76 – Collegium Vocale Gent, Ricercar Consort, Pierlot
Philippe Pierlot conducts the Collegium Vocale Gent and the Ricercar Consort in Bach’s Cantatas BWV 21 and 76.
Review: “Italian Opera Arias” – Linda Richardson, Soprano
Soprano Linda Richardson in famous arias by Verdi, Puccini, Bellini and Donizetti, with the Sinfonia of London under John Wilson.
Review: Trio Zeliha plays Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, Arensky
In a debut album, Trio Zeliha perform Shostakovich. Arensky and Mendelssohn’s first Piano Trios.
Review: Behzod Abduraimov Plays Debussy, Chopin Mussorgsky
Behzod Abduraimov in a solo piano recital, with Debussy’s “Children’s Corner”, Chopin 24 Preludes and Mussorgsky’s “Pictures in an Exhibition”.
Review: “Verklärte Nacht” – Rice, Skelton, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gardner
Edward Gardner in two interpretations of Richard Dehmel’s “Verklärte Nacht”, one by Schoenberg and the other by Oskar Fried, with tone poems by Korngold and Lehár.
Review: Hans Rott – Complete Orchestral Works, Vol.2 – Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Ward
Christopher Ward and the Gürzenich Orchester Köln in the second volume of Hans Rott’s complete orchestral works.
Review: Charles Ives – Complete Symphonies – LAPO, Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in Charles Ives four Symphonies.