Three contemporary orchestral works by the late Christopher Rouse: Symphony No. 5, Concerto for Orchestra and “Supplica”, with the Nashville Symphony under Giancarlo Guerrero.
Category: Album Reviews
Unveiling the newest in classical music! The Classic Review’s Album Reviews offer insightful critiques of recent releases. Explore a range of artists, ensembles, and repertoire – all expertly analyzed for music lovers, new and experienced. Discover your next favorite recording here.
Review: Shostakovich – Symphony No. 13 (“Babi Yar”) – Russian National Orchestra – Karabits
Kirill Karabits and the Russian National Orchestra perform Shostakovich’s 13th Symphony (“Babi Yar”), with bass Oleg Tsibulko.
Review: Grigory Sokolov Plays Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart
Deutsche Grammophon presents a set of two CDs and one DVD of Grigory Sokolov in live performances of Sonatas and shorter pieces by Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart.
Review: Clyne, Elgar – Cello Concertos – Inbal Segev, LPO, Alsop
Inbal Segev is soloist in a new work by Anne Clyne, “DANCE” for cello and orchestra, and Elgar’s Cello Concerto. With the London Philharmonic and Marin Alsop.
Review: “Mozart y Mambo” – Sarah Willis – Horn
French Horn player Sarah Willis combines Mozart with Cuban music, in a new album for Alpha Classics.
Review: Beethoven – Complete Bagatelles – Paul Lewis, Piano
After recording the complete Piano Sonatas and Concertos, Paul Lewis turns to the shorter form of the Bagatelle, in a new recording for Harmonia Mundi.
Review: “Vienna 1900” – Le Sage, Plesser, Kashimoto, Meyer, Pahud
A programme devoted to Viennese composers of the early twentieth century, including Berg, Zemlinsky, Korngold and Schönberg.
Review: “Bohemian Tales” – Augustin Hadelich, Violin
Augustin Hadelich performs Dvorak’s Violin Concerto with Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks under Jakub Hrůša, and Janacek’s Violin Sonata with Charles Owen.
Review: Mozart – Mass in C Minor – Les Musiciens du Louvre , Minkowski
Les Musiciens du Louvre and Marc Minkowski perform Mozart’s great mass, with soloists Ana Maria Labin, Ambroisine Bré, Stanislas de Barbeyrac and Norman Patzke.
Review: Finzi – Clarinet Concerto – Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 5 – Collins
Michael Collins conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in Vaughan Williams’ Fifth Symphony, and is the soloist in Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto.