Review: “Portraits de la Folie” – Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ensemble Amarillis, Gaillard
Mezzo-soprano Stéphanie d’Oustrac joins Ensemble Amarillis and Héloïse Gaillard in a program of baroque music.
Album Reviews
Review: Ravel – Piano Trio, Chausson – Piano Quartet – Trio Machiavelli
Pianist Claire Huangci is joined by violinist Solenne Païdassi and cellist Tristan Cornut to perform Ravel's Piano Trio. Violist Adrien Bosseau joins for Chausson's Piano Quartet.
Review: “El Nour” – Fatma Said, Soprano
In a debut album, soprano Fatma Said presents a program that combines French, Spanish and Arabic songs.
Review: “Silver Age” – Daniil Trifonov Plays Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Scriabin
Daniil Trifonov plays concertos and solo works by Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Scriabin.
Review: “Tudor Queens” – Diana Damrau, Soprano
Soprano Diana Damrau performs three acts from Donizetti's "Tudor" opera trilogy, with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Antonio Pappano.
Review: Bruckner – Symphony No. 8 – Vienna Philharmonic, Thielemann
On the first of what to become a full Bruckner cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann conducts the Eighth Symphony in the Haas edition.
Double Review: Khatia Buniatishvili – “Labyrinth”, Bertrand Chamayou – “Good Night!”
In this double review, we compare two multi-track piano recitals - Khatia Buniatishvili's "Labyrinth", and Bertrand Chamayou's "Good Night!".
Review: Haydn – Die Schöpfung (The Creation) – Antonini
Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico perform Haydn's "Die Schöpfung" (The Creation), with soloists Anna Lucia Richter, Maximilian Schmitt and Florian Boesch.
Review: Mozart – Violin Concertos – Christoph Koncz, Les Musiciens du Louvre
Christoph Koncz plays Mozart's five Violin Concertos on Mozart's own violin, with Les Musiciens du Louvre.
Review: Brahms – Clarinet Sonatas – Jörg Widmann, András Schiff
Jörg Widmann and András Schiff perform Brahms' two Clarinet Sonatas (op. 120), with Widmann's own Intermezzi for piano (ECM, 2020).