Simon Rattle returns to Janáček’s opera, this time in the original Czech, along with the Sinfonietta. Soloists are joined by the London Symphony Orchestra.
Category: Album Reviews
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Review: Mahler – Das lied von der Erde – Ivan Fischer
Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra perform Mahler’s Das Lied von der Eder, with alto Gerhild Romberger and baritone Robert Dean Smith.
Review: “Encounter” – Igor Levit, Piano
Igor Levit plays piano transcriptions of music by Bach, Brahms and Reger, with Morton Feldman’s “Palais de Mari”.
Review: Mozart – Piano Concertos No. 19 and 27 – Piemontesi, Manze
Francesco Piemontesi, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Andrew Manze in the second volume of their Mozart Piano Concertos series for Linn records.
Review: Britten – Peter Grimes – Skelton, Wall, Bergen Philharmonic, Gardner
Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic in Britten’s masterful opera, with Stuart Skelton as Peter Grimes.
Review: “What’s Next vivaldi?” – Kopatchinskaja, Antonini
Patricia Kopatchinskaja presents a program which combines Violin Concertos by Vivaldi with contemporary works, together with Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini.
Review: Beethoven – Complete Piano Concertos – Bavouzet, Swedish Chamber Orchestra
After recording the complete Piano Sonatas, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet performs from the keyboard Beethoven’s complete Piano Concertos, along with the “Grand Quintet”.
Review: Bach – Johannes Passion – Bach Collegium Japan – Suzuki (2020)
20 years after their first recording, The Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki return to the St. John Passion, in a new recording made in Köln.
Review: Elgar – Sea Pictures, Falstaff – Garanča, Staatskapelle Berlin, Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim returns to Elgar’s Falstaff and Sea Pictures in a new live recording with the Staatskapelle Berlin and soprano Elīna Garanča.
Review: Bach – Goldberg Variations – Lang Lang, Piano
Pianist Lang Lang performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations in a new album for Deutsche Grammophon.
