Jukka-Pekka Saraste concludes his tenure as the chief conductor of the WDR Sinfonieorchester with a complete cycle of Beethoven Symphonies, recorded live.
Tag: Choral
Review: Fauré – Requiem, Poulenc – Figure Humaine, Les Siècles, Ensemble Aedes, Romano
Mathieu Romano conducts the period instrument group Les Siècles and Ensemble Aedes, playing Fauré Requiem and Poulenc’s “Figure Humaine”.
Review: Bach – St. Matthew Passion – Bachorchester and Choir Mainz – Ralf Otto
Ralf Otto conducts the Maintz Bach orchestra and choir for his third Bach volume for Naxos.
Review: “In a Strange Land” – Stile Antico
This album combines some seven composers, all writing in circumstances of exile. Read the review of this special album performed by the Stile Antico group.
Review: Les Arts Florissants and Paul Agnew Perform Brossard And Bouteiller
Sébastien de Brossard is not a well known baroque composer, but his long-time obsession with composers of his and older generations saved some great music from oblivion. His Stabat Mater is arranged for 5 voices and continuo, and the sheer force of his writing is striking from the first movement.
Album Review: Hervé Niquet Conducts Benevolo
Herve Niquet and his Le Concert Spirituel give us an overwhelming release, quite literally.
Review: Bach St. Matthäus Passion – René Jacobs
Being such a demanding and lengthy work, every recording of the Matthaus Passion work has its strong and weak moments. From the three main elements in the passion, the recitatives, the chorals and the arias, Jacobs excels in the first two.
