Review of two new recordings of Mahler’s second symphony. Kahchun Wong conducts the Hallé Orchestra, and Simone Young conducts the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Tag: Soprano
Review: Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem – Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Raphaël Pichon conducts Pygmalion in Brahms’s “A German Requiem”, with baritone Stéphane Degout and soprano Sabine Devieilhe.
Review – “Requiem: Mozart’s Death in Words and Music” – Manfred Honeck
A special production of Mozart’s Requiem, with F. Murray Abraham, soloists, and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, led by Manfred Honeck.
Review: Purcell – Dido & Aeneas – Joyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Joyce DiDonato takes the lead role in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, with Il Pomo d’Oro under Maxim Emelyanychev. Other cast members include Michael Spyres, Fatma Said and Beth Taylor.
Review: ‘Visitng Rachmaninoff’ – Alexander Melnikov, Julia Lezhneva
Pianist Alexander Melnikov and soprano Julia Lezhneva in a Rachmaninoff program, played on the composer’s own instrument.
Notable Classical Music Box Sets, June 2025
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Review: Mozart – Haffner-Akademie – Anna Prohaska, Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi
Mozart’s opera arias and the Haffner symphony, performed by Soprano Anna Prohaska with Ensemble Resonanz under Riccardo Minasi.
Review: Wagner – Der fliegende Holländer – Lise Davidsen, Gerald Finley, Edward Gardner
Lise Davidsen and Gerald Finley take on the leading roles in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, conducted by Edward Gardner.
Review: Puccini – Tosca – Buratto, Tetelman, Tézier, Orchestra & Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Harding
Daniel Harding leads the Orchestra & Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Puccini’s Tosca, with Jonathan Tetelman, Eleonora Buratto, and Ludovic Tézier in the leading roles.
Review: Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem (1868 Bremen Version) – Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano in a recreation of the 1868 Premier program of Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem.
