The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Tag: Concerto
Brahms – Piano Concertos – András Schiff, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
András Schiff plays and conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Brahms’ two Piano Concertos, using period instruments.
Review: Elgar – Violin Concerto, Violin Sonata – Renaud Capuçon, Simon Rattle, Stephen Hough
Renaud Capuçon is accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra in Elgar’s Violin Concerto, and is joined by Stephen Hough in the Violin Sonata.
Review: “Paris” – Hilary Hahn, Violin
Hilary Hahn plays Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1, Chausson’s Poèm and two Sèrènades by Rautavaara, with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under Mikko Franck.
Review: “Piazzolla Reflections” – Ksenija Sidorova, Accordion
Accordion player Ksenija Sidorova in a program ranging from Bach to Piazzolla.
Review: “Hallgató” – Ferenc Snétberger, Keller Quartett
Guitarist Ferenc Snétberger in his own Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra with the Keller String Quartet, and Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8 (ECM, 2021)
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: Weinberg – Violin Concerto, Sonata for Two Violins – Gidon Kremer
Gidon Kremer returns to Mieczysław Weinberg, with a performance of the Violin Concerto with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Daniele Gatti.
Review: Ammann, Ravel, Bartók – Piano Concertos – Haefliger, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Mälkki
Andreas Haefliger plays a new Piano Concerto by Dieter Ammann, with Ravel’s Concerto for the Left-Hand and Bartók’s Piano Concertos No. 3.
Review: Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1 – Moog, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Milton
Joseph Moog plays Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 and Four Pieces Op. 119, with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie and Nicholas Milton.
