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.
Album Reviews
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.
Review: Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1 and 2 – Boris Giltburg
Boris Giltburg and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under Vasily Petrenko with a start to a new Beethoven Piano Concertos cycle.
Review: “Destination Rachmaninov – Arrival” – Piano Concertos No. 1 & 3 – Daniil Trifonov
Daniil Trifonov closes his Rachmaninov cycle with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
Review: “Stories” – Håkan Hardenberger, Trumpet
Håkan Hardenberger presents three contemporary trumpet concertos, accompanied by the Malmö Symphony Orchestra under Martyn Brabbins.
Review: Ethel Smyth – Mass in D – BBCSO, Oramo
Dame Ethel Smyth's Mass in D is performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with conductor Sakari Oramo.