Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique recives two new renditions, one by Philippe Jordan with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra and another with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.
Tag: French
Review: “L’Album des Six” – Corinna Simon, Piano
Pianist Corinna Simon plays music by Auric, Durey, Honegger, Poulenc, Tailleferre and Milhaud.
Review: “Si J’ai Aimé” – Sandrine Piau, Soprano
Soprano Sandrine Piau performs music by French composers of the romantic period, accompanied by the period instrument group, Le Concert De La Loge.
Review: “Miroirs” – Melvyn Tan, Piano
Melvyn Tan builds a program of three centuries of music, all centered around Ravel’s “Miroirs”.
Review: Saint-Saëns – Piano Concertos No. 3-5 – Alexandre Kantorow
Following their joined Liszt album, Alexandre Kantorow and father Jean-Jacques present three piano concertos by Saint-Saëns.
Review: Gounod – Symphonies – Iceland Symphony Orchestra – Tortelier
Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra presents Gounod’s two Symphonies on Chandos.
Review: Franck – Piano Solo Pieces, Piano Quintet – Michel Dalberto
Michel Dalberto plays César Franck’s “Prelude, Choral & Fugue”, “Prelude, Aria & Finale” and the Piano Quintet with The Novus Quartet
Review: “Reason in Madness” – Carolyn Sampson, Soprano
Soprano Carolyn Sampson and pianist Joseph Middleton present a program built around the theme of madness, with songs by German and French composers.
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”.
Side-By-Side Albums Review: Chamayou and Lortie Plays Saint-Saëns
Review of two new releases of Saint-Saëns Piano Concertos by Louis Lortie and Bertrand Chamayou