Violinist Andrew Haveron performs Korngold’s Violin Concerto with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra under John Wilson, with the Sextet Op. 10.
Category: Album Reviews
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Review: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2, Handel Variations – Lars Vogt
In his second volume of his Brahms Piano Concertos cycle, Lars Vogt once again conducts the Northern Sinfonia from the keyboard, in the Second Piano Concerto and the Handel Variations.
Review: Bach – The 6 Cello Suites – Alisa Weilerstein
Alisa Weilerstein presents the complete Cello Suites for unaccompanied cello, in a new recording for Pentatone.
Review: “Stabat” – Pärt, Macmillan & Vasks – Ross
The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge and the Dmitri Ensemble under Graham Ross perform Arvo Pärt’s Stabat Mater, with other choral works by Macmillan and Vasks
Review: Barbara Hannigan – “La Passione”
Soprano Barbara Hannigan perform and conducts the Ludwig Orchestra in works by Nono, Haydn and Grisey.
Review: Shostakovich – Symphony No. 11 – BBC Philharmonic – Storgårds
John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Shostakovich’s Eleventh Symphony, “The Year 1905”.
Review: Vikingur Ólafsson Plays Rameau and Debussy
Pianist Vikingur Ólafsson in a recital of works by Rameau and Debussy.
Review: César Franck – Piano Works – Nikolai Lugansky
Nikolai Lugansky perform all of César Franck’s famous works for piano, including the “Prélude, choral et fugue” and the “Prélude, aria et final”.
Review: Brahms, Schoenberg – Violin Concertos – Jack Liebeck
Violinist Jack Liebeck perform Schoenberg’s and Brahms’ Violin Concertos, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Gourlay.
Review: “Memento” – Vision String Quartet Play Schubert and Mendelssohn
The vision String Quartet play Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” Quartet and Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in F Minor, Op.80 (Warner Classics, 2020).
