Album Reviews
Review: Jake Heggie – “Unexpected Shadows” – Jamie Barton, Mezzo-Soprano
Mezzo Soprano Jamie Barton sings songs by contemporary composer Jake Heggie, who accompanies from the piano.
Contemporary
Album Reviews
Review: “The Messenger” – Hélène Grimaud Plays Mozart and Silvestrov
Hélène Grimaud plays Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor with the Camerata Salzburg and two Fantasies, with works by Valentin Silvestrov.
Album Reviews
Review: Niklas Sivelöv – Piano Concertos – Composer, Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Niklas Sivelöv performs three of his own Piano Concertos, with the Malmö Symphony Orchestra.
Album Reviews
Review: “Encounter” – Igor Levit, Piano
Igor Levit plays piano transcriptions of music by Bach, Brahms and Reger, with Morton Feldman's “Palais de Mari”.
Album Reviews
Review: “What’s Next vivaldi?” – Kopatchinskaja, Antonini
Patricia Kopatchinskaja presents a program which combines Violin Concertos by Vivaldi with contemporary works, together with Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini.
Album Reviews
Review: “John Williams in Vienna” – Mutter, Vienna Philharmonic, Williams
The Vienna Philharmonic plays John Williams' theme music from iconic movies, with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and conducted by the composer.
Album Reviews
Review: Rouse – Symphony No. 5, Supplica, Concerto for Orchestra – Nashville Symphony, Guerrero
Three contemporary orchestral works by the late Christopher Rouse: Symphony No. 5, Concerto for Orchestra and "Supplica", with the Nashville Symphony under Giancarlo Guerrero.
Best of
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, August 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Album Reviews
Review: Clyne, Elgar – Cello Concertos – Inbal Segev, LPO, Alsop
Inbal Segev is soloist in a new work by Anne Clyne, "DANCE" for cello and orchestra, and Elgar's Cello Concerto. With the London Philharmonic and Marin Alsop.
Album Reviews
Review: “Mozart y Mambo” – Sarah Willis – Horn
French Horn player Sarah Willis combines Mozart with Cuban music, in a new album for Alpha Classics.