Review: Bach – Goldberg Variations – Lang Lang, Piano
Pianist Lang Lang performs Bach's Goldberg Variations in a new album for Deutsche Grammophon.
Album Reviews
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.
Review: Picchi – Canzoni da Sonar – Concerto Scirocco, Genini
Concerto Scirocco under Giulia Genini perform Picchi's complete "Canzoni Da Sonar Con Ogni Sorte D’istromenti", In the first recording of the full set.
Review: Brahms – Symphony No. 4 – Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Dausgaard
Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra perform Brahms' Symphony No.4, with the Tragic Overture and a new arrangement of nine Hungarian Dances.
Review: Dvořák – Cello Concerto – Soltani, Staatskapelle Berlin, Barenboim
Kian Soltani is joined by Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim in Dvořák's famous Cello Concerto, with additional movements arranged for cello ensemble.
Review: Brahms – Cello Sonatas – Müller-Schott, Piemontesi
Daniel Müller-Schott and Francesco Piemontesi perform the two Cello Sonatas by Brahms, together with a cello transcription of the second Violin Sonata.