Review: Respighi – Roman Trilogy – Sinfonia of London, John Wilson
John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London perform Respighi's "Roman Trilogy" - "Roman Festivals", "Fountains of Rome" and "Pines of Rome".
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Songs and Folksongs – Bostridge, Pappano
Ian Bostridge and Antonio Pappano perform Beethoven's “An die Ferne Geliebte” and a selection of the composer's arrangement of Irish and Scottish folksongs.
Review: Debussy – Images – Hallé, Sir Mark Elder
Hallé Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder perform Debussy's "Images" and “Prélude à L’après-Midi D’un Faune” with orchestral arrangements by Colin Mathews.
Review: Rouse – Symphony No. 5, Supplica, Concerto for Orchestra – Nashville Symphony, Guerrero
Three contemporary orchestral works by the late Christopher Rouse: Symphony No. 5, Concerto for Orchestra and "Supplica", with the Nashville Symphony under Giancarlo Guerrero.
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.