Review: Purcell – The Fairy Queen – Gabrieli Consort – McCreesh
Paul Mccreesh soloists and the Gabrieli Consort & Players in Henry Purcell's "The Fairy Queen", based on a new addition by McCreesh and Christopher Suckling.
Album Reviews
Review: Dvořák – Requiem, Te Deum, Biblical Songs – Hrůša, Bělohlávek
Jakub Hrůša conducts the Czech Philharmonic and Prague Philharmonic Choir in Dvořák's Requiem and Te Deum. The late Jiří Bělohlávek conducts "Biblical Songs".
Review: Beethoven – Songs – Matthias Goerne, Jan Lisiecki
Baritone Matthias Goerne and pianist Jan Lisiecki perform Beethoven songs.
Review: Rachmaninov – Paganini Rhapsody, Symphony No. 3 – Abduraimov, Gaffigan
In "Rachmaninov in Lucern", pianist Behzod Abduraimov performs the "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" and the third Symphony, with conductor James Gaffigan.
Review: Bach – Complete Keyboard Edition Vol.3 – Benjamin Alard
Benjamin Alard continues his odyssey through Bach's complete keyboard works, playing both the organ and the harpsichord.
Review: “Messiah… Refreshed!” – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Griffith
Jonathan Griffith and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra perform an arrangement of Handel's "Messiah", made by Sir Eugène Goossens for Sir Thomas Beecham.
Review: “Paradise Lost” – Anna Prohaska, Julius Drake
In "Paradise Lost", Soprano Anna Prohaska and pianist Julius Drake program 25 songs from different composers, all examining the story of Eve.
Review: Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition, Ravel – La Valse – Les Siècles, Roth
Using period instruments, Les Siècles under François-Xavier Roth perform Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition in Ravel's orchestration, with Ravel's La Valse.
Review: Korngold – Violin Concerto, Sextet – Haveron, Wilson
Violinist Andrew Haveron performs Korngold's Violin Concerto with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra under John Wilson, with the Sextet Op. 10.
Review: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2, Handel Variations – Lars Vogt
In his second volume of his Brahms Piano Concertos cycle, Lars Vogt once again conducts the Northern Sinfonia from the keyboard, in the Second Piano Concerto and the…