Review: Chanson d’Amour – Sabine Devieilhe, Alexandre Tharaud
Soprano Sabine Devieilhe and pianist Alexandre Tharaud in a program of French songs by Debussy, Ravel, Faure and Poulenc.
Album Reviews
Review: Alexandre Kantorow Plays Brahms, Bartók, Liszt
Pianist Alexandre Kantorow in a solo piano program, playing the early Piano Sonata No. 2 by Brahms, and Rhapsodies by Brahms, Liszt and Bartók.
Review: Regula Mühlemann, Soprano – Mozart Arias II
Soprano Regula Mühlemann in her second album of Mozart's arias, with the Kammerorchester Basel under Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli.
Review: Janáček – The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta – London Symphony Orchestra, Rattle
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.
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".