Review: Monteverdi – il terzo libro de’ madrigali – Alessandrini
Rinaldo Alessandrini returns to Monteverdi with Concerto Italiano, 15 years after his last recording of the composer.
Album Reviews
Review: Mozart – Grand Partita, Simpson – “Geysir” (2020)
This new album from Orchid Classics combines Mozart's "Grand Partita" with a new work by Mark Simpson for winds, "Geysir".
Review: “Dear Mademoiselle” – Astrig Siranossian, Cello
Cellist Astrig Siranossian in a Tribute to Nadia Boulanger, with pianists Nathanaël Gouin and Daniel Barenboim.
Review: Ammann, Ravel, Bartók – Piano Concertos – Haefliger, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Mälkki
Andreas Haefliger plays a new Piano Concerto by Dieter Ammann, with Ravel's Concerto for the Left-Hand and Bartók's Piano Concertos No. 3.
Review: Saint-Saëns – Chamber Works – Chamayou, Capuçon, Moreau
Bertrand Chamayou is joined by violinist Renaud Capuçon and cellist Edgar Moreau in Saint-Saëns' Violin Sonata No. 1, Cello Sonata No. 1 and Piano Trio No. 2.
Review: “Penderecki’s Sinfonietta(s)” – Sinfonietta Cracovia, Jurek Dybał
Sinfonietta Cracovia and Jurek Dybał perform three of Penderecki's Sinfoniettas and “Three Pieces in Old Style". With clarinetist Daniel Ottensamer.
Review: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1 – Moog, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Milton
Joseph Moog plays Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 and Four Pieces Op. 119, with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie and Nicholas Milton.
Review: Britten – Saint Nicolas, A Ceremony of Carols – BBC Concert Orchestra, Crouch End Festival Chorus, Temple
The BBC Concert Orchestra accompanies the Crouch End Festival Chorus in Benjamin Britten's Saint Nicolas and A Ceremony of Carols, conducted by David Temple.
Review: Beethoven – Late Piano Sonatas – Nikolai Lugansky
Nikolai Lugansky plays Beethoven's Piano Sonatas Op. 101, 109 and 111.
Review: Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 – Tonhalle-Orchester, Paavo Järvi
In his first recording as Chief Conductor of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi performs Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and Francesca da Rimini.