Céderic Tiberghien and Les Siècles deliver a period-instrument performance of Ravel’s piano concertos and songs, featuring an 1892 Pleyel grand piano.
Tag: Period Instruments
Review: “Angelica Diabolica” – Giulia Semenzato, Soprano
In a 2022 performance of works by Handel, Pollarolo, and others, Giulia Semenzato explores the world of the Baroque aria through the lens of an epic poem.
Review: Préludes, Interludes, Postludes – Jan Michiels, Piano
Pianist Jan Michiels performa preludes and other works by Chopin, Debussy, Ligeti, and Kurtàg on period instruments.
Review: Weber – Der Freischütz – René Jacobs (2022)
René Jacobs conducts a period-instrument performance of Weber’s singspiel, Die Freischütz, in which he also restores parts of the original libretto.
Review: Vivaldi, Leclair, Locatelli – Violin Concertos – Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Les Ombres
Violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Les Ombres chamber ensemble perform concertos by Vivaldi and two of his contemporaries, Leclair and Locatelli.
Review: Pergolesi – Stabat Mater – Jodie Devos, Adèle Charvet, Julien Chauvin
Julien Chauvin and Le Concert de la Loge perform Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, and Haydn’s Symphony No. 49, “La Passione.”
Review: Beethoven – Symphonies 6-9 – Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall leads Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, and soloists in the final installment of his Beethoven Symphony cycle (Nos. 6-9).
Review: Haydn – Die Schöpfung (The Creation) – Savall
Jordi Savall leads the Concert des Nations and Capella Reial de Catalunya in Haydn’s “The Creation,” featuring Matthias Winckhler, Tilman Lichdi, and Yeree Suh.
Review: Bach – Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – Andreas Staier, Harpsichord
Period instrumentalist Andreas Staier revisits Bach, performing the second book of the Well-Tempered Clavier on a harpsichord.
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.
