Philippe Herreweghe conducts Collegium Vocale Gent in his second recording of Bach’s Cantata “Trauer Ode” BWV 198, with Cantata BWV 45 and Motet 118.
Tag: Baroque
Review: Bach – Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin – Augustin Hadelich
Augustin Hadelich performs Bach’s complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin.
Review: “Il delirio della passione” – Monteverdi Arias – Anna Lucia Richter, Soprano
Soprano Anna Lucia Richter in arias by Monteverdi, with Ensemble Claudiana and Luca Pianca.
Review: “Proust, Le Concert Retrouvé” – Théotime Langlois De Swarte, Tanguy De Williencourt
A recreation of a salon concert organized by writer Marcel Proust in 1907, played on period instruments.
Review: Bach-Busoni – Goldberg Variations, Chaconne – Chiyan Wong
Chiyan Wong performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations in the Busoni edition (1914), with the Busoni’s arrangement of Bach’s Chaconne from the second violin Partita.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, March 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: John Eccles – “Semele” – AAM, Perkins
A new recording of John Eccles’ rarely heard opera, “Semele”, with the Academy of Ancient Music under Julian Perkins.
Review: Bach – Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (Excerpts) – Piotr Anderszewski
Piotr Anderszewski plays 12 Preludes and Fugues from the second book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier.
Review: “Contralto” – Nathalie Stutzmann, Orfeo 55
Contralto Nathalie Stutzmann features as both a soloist and conductor in works by Handel, Vivaldi, and Lotti, and a handful of world-premieres by other Baroque composers.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, February 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
