Teodor Currentzis conducts the period instruments group musicAeterna in Beethoven’s Symphonies 5 and 7. A review of both albums.
Tag: Orchestral
Review: Ravel – Orchestral Music – Basque National Orchestra, Robert Trevino
Robert Trevino conducts the Basque National Orchestra in Ravel orchestral works, including Bolero, La Valse and Rapsodie espagnole.
Review: Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2 – London Symphony Orchestra, Rattle
Simon rattle returns to Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 with the London Symphony Orchestra, on a new live recording from Barbican Hall.
Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra return to Beethoven, performing Symphony No.9 (“Choral”).
Review: Bruckner – Symphonies No. 2 & 8 – Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Nelsons
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Andris Nelsons continue their Bruckner Symphonies cycle, this time with the second and eighth Symphonies.
Review: Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 1, Symphonic Dances – Philadelphia Orchestra, Nézet-Séguin
In a first album of what will become a full cycle, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra in Rachmaninoff’s first Symphony.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, February 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
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: Hans Rott – Complete Orchestral Works, Vol.2 – Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Ward
Christopher Ward and the Gürzenich Orchester Köln in the second volume of Hans Rott’s complete orchestral works.
Review: Charles Ives – Complete Symphonies – LAPO, Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in Charles Ives four Symphonies.
