Soprano Sabine Devieilhe and pianist Alexandre Tharaud in a program of French songs by Debussy, Ravel, Faure and Poulenc.
Tag: Vocal
Review: Mahler – Das lied von der Erde – Ivan Fischer
Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra perform Mahler’s Das Lied von der Eder, with alto Gerhild Romberger and baritone Robert Dean Smith.
Review: Elgar – Sea Pictures, Falstaff – Garanča, Staatskapelle Berlin, Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim returns to Elgar’s Falstaff and Sea Pictures in a new live recording with the Staatskapelle Berlin and soprano Elīna Garanča.
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, September 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: “Nuits” – Véronique Gens, I Giardini
Soprano Véronique Gens is joined by “I Giardini” in French Melodies, with works by Fauré, Berlioz, Massenet, Saint-Saëns, Chausson and Liszt and others.
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”.
Review: Pergolesi – Stabat Mater – Sandrine Piau, Christopher Lowrey, Rousset
Christopher Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques return to Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, with Soprano Sandrine Piau and Contralto Christopher Lowrey
My Collection: Sarah Traubel, Soprano
Soprano Sarah Traubel writes for The Classic Review about three classical music albums she couldn’t live without.
Review: “Whither Must I Wander” – Will Liverman, Baritone
Baritone Will Liverman and pianist Jonathan King perform songs by Vaughan Williams, Howells, keel, Schumann and more.