Review: Cantatas of the Bach Family – Benjamin Appl, Reinhard Goebel
Baritone Benjamin Appl performs Bach's "Ich habe genug" and other Cantatas by members of the Bach family. Goebel conducts two world premieres orchestral pieces.
Album Reviews
Review: Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 2, “Three Continents” – Jan Vogler
Cellist Jan Vogler performs Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2 with a new Concerto by three contemporary composers, named "Three Continents".
Review: Vivaldi, Piazzolla – Four Seasons – Arabella Steinbacher
Arabella Steinbacher combines Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" with Piazzolla's "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires", in a new recording with the Münchener Kammerorchester.
Review: Songs By Sir Hamilton Harty – Kathryn Rudge, Christopher Glynn
This new album contains 17 new premier recording of songs by the Irish composer (Somm Recordings, 2020).
Review: Bruckner, Stravinsky – Mass for Choir and Wind – Rundfunkchor Berlin
Gijs Leenaars performs Bruckner and Stravinsky's two Masses for choir and wind instruments, with the Rundfunkchor and Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
Review: Verdi – Otello – Kaufmann, Pappano (2020)
Few years after his live DVD in the same role, tenor Jonas Kaufmann and conductor Antonio Pappano return to Verdi's Otello, in a new studio production.
Review: “Cantilena” – Tabea Zimmermann, Viola and Javier Perianes, Piano
In this collection of arrangements for viola and piano, Tabea Zimmermann and Javier Perianes take us on a journey through Spain and South America (2020)
Review: Cyrillus Kreek – The Suspended Harp of Babel – Vox Clamantis
ECM Records presents a collection of psalms and folk-songs arranged for choir by the Estonian composer Cyrillus Kreek, by Estonian choir Vox Clamantis (2020).
Review: “City Lights” – Lisa Batiashvili, Violin
Lisa Batiashvili’s new album takes the listener across the world with eleven carefully chosen pieces that represent the most important cities in her life.
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 7 – Minnesota Orchestra, Vänskä
Osmo Vänskä And the Minnesota Orchestra continue their ongoing Mahler cycle, this time with Symphony No. 7 ("Song of the Night").