Violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann plays the two Violin Concertos by Martinů and Bartók’s Solo Violin Sonata. With the Bamberger Symphoniker and Jakub Hruša.
Tag: Twentieth Century
Review: “Silver Age” – Daniil Trifonov Plays Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Scriabin
Daniil Trifonov plays concertos and solo works by Prokofiev, Stravinsky and Scriabin.
Double Review: Khatia Buniatishvili – “Labyrinth”, Bertrand Chamayou – “Good Night!”
In this double review, we compare two multi-track piano recitals – Khatia Buniatishvili’s “Labyrinth”, and Bertrand Chamayou’s “Good Night!”.
Review: Chanson d’Amour – Sabine Devieilhe, Alexandre Tharaud
Soprano Sabine Devieilhe and pianist Alexandre Tharaud in a program of French songs by Debussy, Ravel, Faure and Poulenc.
Review: Janáček – The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta – London Symphony Orchestra, Rattle
Simon Rattle returns to Janáček’s opera, this time in the original Czech, along with the Sinfonietta. Soloists are joined by the London Symphony Orchestra.
Review: Britten – Peter Grimes – Skelton, Wall, Bergen Philharmonic, Gardner
Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic in Britten’s masterful opera, with Stuart Skelton as Peter Grimes.
Review: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Connolly, Dean Smith, Jurowski
Vladimir Jurowski conducts the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, with soloists Dame Sarah Connolly and Robert Dean Smith.
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: “Vienna 1900” – Le Sage, Plesser, Kashimoto, Meyer, Pahud
A programme devoted to Viennese composers of the early twentieth century, including Berg, Zemlinsky, Korngold and Schönberg.
