Hallé Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder perform Debussy’s “Images” and “Prélude à L’après-Midi D’un Faune” with orchestral arrangements by Colin Mathews.
Tag: Orchestral
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.
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.
Review: Shostakovich – Symphony No. 13 (“Babi Yar”) – Russian National Orchestra – Karabits
Kirill Karabits and the Russian National Orchestra perform Shostakovich’s 13th Symphony (“Babi Yar”), with bass Oleg Tsibulko.
Review: Finzi – Clarinet Concerto – Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 5 – Collins
Michael Collins conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in Vaughan Williams’ Fifth Symphony, and is the soloist in Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto.
Review: Zemlinsky – Die Seejungfrau – Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Albrecht
Marc Albrecht conducts the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra in Zemlinsky’s “Die Seejungfrau” – Fantasy in for large orchestra after a fairy-tale by Andersen.
Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, Choral Fantasy – Bezuidenhout, Heras-Casado
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Freiburger Barockorchester in Beethoven “choral” Symphony. Kristian Bezuidenhout joins for the Choral Fantasy.
Bach – A beginners Guide
Where to start when you want to get to know the music of Bach, one of the leading figures in the late Baroque era? Here are 10 pieces which represent a good place to start if one wants to get familiar with Bach’s music.
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 7 – Minnesota Orchestra, Vänskä
Osmo Vänskä And the Minnesota Orchestra continue their ongoing Mahler cycle, this time with Symphony No. 7 (“Song of the Night”).
Review: Rimsky-Korsakov – Orchestral Works – Oslo Philharmonic, Vasily Petrenko
Vasily Petrenko conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in Rimsky-Korsakov’s orchestral works – Scheherazade, Capriccio Espagnol and Russian Easter Festival Overture.