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.
Album Reviews
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".
Review: Bach – Johannes Passion – Bach Collegium Japan – Suzuki (2020)
20 years after their first recording, The Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki return to the St. John Passion, in a new recording made in Köln.
Review: Elgar – Sea Pictures, Falstaff – Garanča, Staatskapelle Berlin, Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim returns to Elgar's Falstaff and Sea Pictures in a new live recording with the Staatskapelle Berlin and soprano Elīna Garanča.
Review: Bach – Goldberg Variations – Lang Lang, Piano
Pianist Lang Lang performs Bach's Goldberg Variations in a new album for Deutsche Grammophon.
Review: Rachmaninoff – Préludes, Études-Tableaux, Moments Musicaux – Sergei Babayan
In his first solo release for Deutsche Grammophon, Sergei Babayan performs a selection of Préludes, Études-Tableaux and Moments Musicaux by Rachmaninoff.
Review: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Connolly, Dean Smith, Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, with soloists Dame Sarah Connolly and Robert Dean Smith.
Review: Ethel Smyth – “The Prison” – Burton, Brailey, Experiential Orchestra, Blachly
A premiere recording of Dame Ethel Smyth's "The Prison" - With Dashon Burton, Sarah Brailey, and the Experiential Orchestra under James Blachly.
Review: “John Williams in Vienna” – Mutter, Vienna Philharmonic, Williams
The Vienna Philharmonic plays John Williams' theme music from iconic movies, with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and conducted by the composer.
Review: Beethoven – Symphonies No. 1-5 – Le Concert des Nations, Savall
Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations present the first volume of their Beethoven complete Symphonies cycle, with Symphonies 1-5.