Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d’Oro explore a connection to nature in a recital of works by Ives, Mysliveček, Mahler, Copland, and Handel, among others.
Tag: Mezzo-Soprano
Review: Puccini – Madama Butterfly – Foster
Soprano Melody Moore, tenor Stefano Secco, and Orquestra Gulbenkian feature in a new performance of Puccini’s iconic Madama Butterfly.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, December 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Amazone – Lea Desandre, Mezzo-Soprano
Mezzo-Soprano Lea Desandre features early Baroque composers including Vivaldi and Couperin, along with arias by de Bottis recorded for the very first time.
Review: “Élégie” – Anita Rachvelishvili, Vincenzo Scalera
Mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili and pianist Vincenzo Scalera present a varied program of songs by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, de Falla and more.
Review: Schubert – Winterreise – Joyce DiDonato, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato is accompanied by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the piano, in Schubert’s “Winterreise”.
Review: “Verklärte Nacht” – Rice, Skelton, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gardner
Edward Gardner in two interpretations of Richard Dehmel’s “Verklärte Nacht”, one by Schoenberg and the other by Oskar Fried, with tone poems by Korngold and Lehár.
Review: “Portraits de la Folie” – Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ensemble Amarillis, Gaillard
Mezzo-soprano Stéphanie d’Oustrac joins Ensemble Amarillis and Héloïse Gaillard in a program of baroque music.
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.
Review: Elgar – Sea Pictures, Falstaff – Garanča, Staatskapelle Berlin, Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim returns to Elgar’s Falstaff and Sea Pictures in a new live recording with the Staatskapelle Berlin and soprano Elīna Garanča.
