Album Reviews
Review: “The Divine Muse” – Mary Bevan – Soprano, Joseph Middleton – Piano
Soprano Mary Bevan and pianist Joseph Middleton perform songs by Haydn, Schubert and Wolf.
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Review: “Paradise Lost” – Anna Prohaska, Julius Drake
In "Paradise Lost", Soprano Anna Prohaska and pianist Julius Drake program 25 songs from different composers, all examining the story of Eve.
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Review: Barbara Hannigan – “La Passione”
Soprano Barbara Hannigan perform and conducts the Ludwig Orchestra in works by Nono, Haydn and Grisey.
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Review: Adès Conducts Adès – Kirill Gerstein, Piano
Thomas Adès performs two of his works with the Boston Symphony Orchestra - the Piano Concerto with soloist Kirill Gerstein and "Totentanz”.
Interviews
My Collection: Sarah Traubel, Soprano
Soprano Sarah Traubel writes for The Classic Review about three classical music albums she couldn't live without.
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Review: “Reine de Coeur” Hanna-Elisabeth Müller, Soprano
Soprano Hanna-Elisabeth Müller and pianist Juliane Ruf presents song cycles by Schumann, Poulenc and Zemlinsky.
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Review: "Morgen" – Elsa Dreisig, Soprano
Soprano Elsa Dreisig and pianist Jonathan Ware perform songs by Strauss, Rachmaninov and Duparc.
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Review: "Clytemnestra" – Ruby Hughes, Soprano
Ruby Hughes performs Mahler's Rückert-Lieder, Berg's Altenberg Lieder and Rhian Samuel’s "Clytemnestra" with BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Jac van Steen.
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Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 4 – Minnesota Orchestra, Vänskä
Osmo Vänskä continues his Mahler cycle with the Minnesota orchestra for BIS, arriving at Symphony No. 4. Carolyn Sampson joins for the final movement.
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Review: “Soirée” – Magdalena Kožená and Friends
Magdalena Kožená, with Simon Rattle on the piano and other musicians, perform works by Dvořák, Janáček, Brahms, Ravel, Stravinsky, Chausson and Strauss.