Michael Collins conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in Vaughan Williams’ Fifth Symphony, and is the soloist in Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto.
Tag: Symphony
Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, Choral Fantasy – Bezuidenhout, Heras-Casado
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Freiburger Barockorchester in Beethoven “choral” Symphony. Kristian Bezuidenhout joins for the Choral Fantasy.
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”).
Review: Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4, Leshnoff – Double concerto – Honeck
Manfred Honeck conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4 and a new “Double Concerto” by Jonathan Leshnoff.
Review: “Franck By Franck” – OPRF, Mikko Franck
Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France perform works by César Franck.
Tchaikovsky – A beginners Guide
Where to start when you want to get to know the music of Tchaikovsky, one of the leading figures in the late Romantic era? Here are 10 pieces which represent a good place to start if one wants to get familiar with Tchaikovsky’s music.
My Collection: Kilian Herold, Clarinet
Clarinet player Kilian Herold writes for The Classic Review about three classical music albums he couldn’t live without.
Review: Beethoven – Symphonies 1-3 – Britten Sinfonia, Adès
Composer, pianist and conductor Thomas Adès leads the Britten Sinfonia in Beethoven’s first three Symphonies, with two compositions by composer Gerald Barry.
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: Shostakovich – Symphony No. 11 – BBC Philharmonic – Storgårds
John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Shostakovich’s Eleventh Symphony, “The Year 1905”.