Review: Beethoven – Violin Concerto, Septet – Kavakos
Leonidas Kavakos is the soloist and conductor in Beethoven's Violin Concerto, and joined by members of Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks for the early Septet.
Album Reviews
Review: Shostakovich – String Quartets No. 2, 7 & 8 – Pavel Haas Quartet
The Pavel Haas Quartet releases their first performance of Shostakovich, including the second, seventh and eighth String Quartets.
Review: Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto – Lozakovich, Spivakov
In his second album for Deutsche Grammophon, violinist Daniel Lozakovich performs Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto with violinist and conductor, Vladimir Spivakov.
Review: Weber – Der Freischütz – Marek Janowski
In his second version on record, Marek Janowski is joined by a talented cast of soloists and is accompanied by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony.
Review: Handel – Brockes Passion – AAM, Richard Egarr
A new recording of Handel's rarely performed passion, to mark the 300th anniversary of the first known performance.
Review: Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 – George Li
George Li performs Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto and solo pieces by Liszt. He is accompanied by the London Philharmonic under Vasily Petrenko.
Review: Anamorfosi – Le Poème Harmonique, Dumestre
Le Poème Harmonique, with founder Vincent Dumestre, perform Allegri's "Miserere" and works by Monteverdi and other baroque composers.
Review: Scarlatti – 52 Keyboard Sonatas – Lucas Debargue
Lucas Debargue plays 52 out of Scarlatti's 555 keyboard sonatas on the piano, spanning over 4 CDs.
Review: “Passions” – Les Cris de Paris, Geoffroy Jourdain
Les Cris de Paris and Geoffroy Jourdain with an all-Venetian cast of composers, exploring the multiple expressions of human passions.
Review – Brahms – Symphonies No. 1 and 3 – Gardner
Edward Gardner conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in a new Brahms Symphonies cycle.