Soprano Sabine Devieilhe and pianist Mathieu Pordoy in a recital of songs by Mozart and Richard Strauss.
Tag: Song
Review: Gershwin Rhapsody – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Michael Feinstein
Jean-Yves Thibaudet and Michael Feinstein perform Gershwin’s piano duos and songs, including Rhapsody in Blue.
Review: For Clara – Hélène Grimaud, Piano
Hélène Grimaud revisits Schumann and Brahms, composers who have featured prominently in her career, via solo works and a song cycle with Konstantin Krimmel.
Review: Compositrices – Bru Zane
Bru Zane’s ongoing advocacy of French music from 1780-1920 continues with a boxed set of over 10 hours of music by 21 French women composers.
Review: “Freudvoll und Leidvoll” – Songs by Liszt – Jonas Kaufmann, Helmut Deutsch
Tenor Jonas Kaufmann and pianist Helmut Deutsch feature some of Franz Liszt’s finest songs.
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: Dreams of a new day – Will Liverman, Paul Sánchez
Baritone Will Liverman and pianist Paul Sánchez in a program of songs by black composers.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, March 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Medtner – Songs – Sofia Fomina, Alexander Karpeyev
Soprano Sofia Fomina and pianist Alexander Karpeyev perform 22 songs by Nikolai Medtner.
