Classical CDs
Classical CDs Weekly: Dutilleux, Dvořák, Ravel, TchaikovskySaturday, 26 August 2017
Dvořák: Symphony No 9, Sibelius: Finlandia Chineke! Orchestra/Kevin John Edusei (Signum)These live performances mark the recording debut of the Chineke! Orchestra, an ensemble created by bassist Chi-chi Nwanoku to provide opportunities for BME... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Krenek, Belfiato Quintet, Bjarte Eike's BarokksolisteneSaturday, 19 August 2017
Krenek: Complete Piano Concertos, Volume 2 Mikhail Korzhev, Eric Huebner (pianos), Nurit Pacht (violin), Adrian Partington (organ), English Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Woods (Toccata Classics)A cycle of piano concertos by Ernst Krenek won't be on... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Sean Shibe, Morten Gunnar Larsen and Leonard ElschenbroichSaturday, 12 August 2017
Dreams & Fancies – English music for solo guitar Sean Shibe (guitar) (Delphian)This is the best solo guitar disc I've heard. That it comes from a soloist in his twenties makes it all the more astounding. There's a funny quote in Lucy Walker’s... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Mompou, Schubert, Martinů, ShostakovichSaturday, 05 August 2017
Mompou: Fêtes Lointaines Steffen Schleiermacher (piano) (MDG)“I am not a composer and don't want to be regarded as one… somehow, I always have the feeling that it comes to me from outside.” There is indeed something otherworldly about Federico... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Prokofiev, Skempton, WaltonSaturday, 29 July 2017
Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 1&3, Overture on Hebrew Themes Simon Trpčeski (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Vasily Petrenko (Onyx)Good recordings can make you notice things you've never heard before. Like this one: Simon... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Beethoven, Louis Frémaux, Les Passions de l’AmeSaturday, 22 July 2017
Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 Gewandhausorchester Leipzig/Herbert Blomstedt (Accentus)There's already an excellent set of Beethoven symphonies conducted by Herbert Blomstedt with the Staatskapelle Dresden, recorded in the late 1970s. It's now on a... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Leonid Desyatnikov, Dimitar Nenov, Ars Nova CopenhagenSaturday, 15 July 2017
Leonid Desyatnikov: Sketches to Sunset, Russian Seasons Roman Mints (violin), Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, both conducted by Philip Chizhevsky (Quartz)Violinist Roman Mints writes of discovering Leonid Desyatnikov’s... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Peter Eötvös, London Conchord Ensemble, Kate LindseySaturday, 08 July 2017
Péter Eötvös: Paradise Reloaded (Lilith) Soloists, Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Gregory Vajda (BMC)Experiencing new operas on disc without seeing them performed means that any judgements have to be based on the music alone. Péter Eötvös’s... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Brahms, Haydn, GrauSchumacher Piano DuoSaturday, 01 July 2017
Brahms: Piano Concertos Sunwook Kim (piano), Hallé/Sir Mark Elder (Hallé)Compare the openings of Brahms’s two piano concertos and you'd be mistaken for thinking they were by different composers. The earlier work begins with the fiercest of... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Falla, Ravel, Antoine Tamestit, The American Brass QuintetSaturday, 24 June 2017
Falla: Nights in the Garden of Spain, Ravel: Piano Concertos Steven Osborne (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ludovic Morlot (Hyperion)Steven Osborne's solo Ravel anthology is among the best available, and it's good that he's now... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Antheil, Debussy, Hosokawa, SchmidtSaturday, 17 June 2017
Antheil: Symphonies 4 and 5, Over the Plains BBC Philharmonic/John Storgårds (Chandos)American composer George Antheil boastfully described himself as the early 20th century’s "bad boy of music", though a few hours sent in the company of this... Read more... |
Classical CDs Weekly: Mahler, Shostakovich, Michael BarenboimSaturday, 10 June 2017
Bach, Bartók, Boulez Michael Barenboim (violin) (Accentus)Michael Barenboim’s disc consists solely of pieces by composers whose names begin with B, but it’s effectively an A-Z of solo violin technique, as well as a demonstration of his winning... Read more... |
