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Alexander Melnikov

Classical CD Reviews: Shades of Debussy at 100

An impressive collection of nine new releases (seven of which are reviewed here). While some might not displace the classic recordings of Debussy already out there, this gathering offers some welcome and fresh interpretive contrasts.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alain Planès, Alexander Melnikov, Claude Debussy, Eugene Asti, Francois-Xavier Roth, Harmonia Mundi, Javier Perianes, Jerusalem Quartet, Les Siècles, Nikolai Lugansky, Sophie Karthäuser, Stéphane Degout

Classical CD Reviews: Alexander Melnikov’s Four Pianos and Leonard Bernstein’s Mass

Pianist Alexander Melnikov has come up with one of the still-young year’s most compelling discs, Deutsche Grammophon releases an aural train wreck.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alexander Melnikov, Deutsche Grammophon, Harmonia Mundi, Leonard Bernstein's Mass

CD Reviews: “Op. 2” and Faust/Melnikov’s Franck & Chausson

Violinist Sebastian Bohren’s album is uneven; violinist Isabelle Faust and pianist Alexander Melnikov have produced a wonder.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alexander Melnikov, Harmonia Mundi, Isabelle Faust, RCA Red Seal, Sebastian Bohren

CD Reviews: Lara Downes’ “America Again,” Gerstein’s Liszt, and Melnikov plays Prokofiev

Lara Downes’ America Again is a great album, and one with multiple layers of meaning.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alexander Melnikov, America Again, Kirill Gerstein, Lara Downes, Transcendental Etudes

Classical Music Album Review: Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov play Brahms

Just about anything Isabelle Faust touches these days is gold – she’s one of the finest violinists out there

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alexander Melnikov, Harmonia Mundi, Isabelle Faust

Classical CD Reviews: John Adams’ “Absolute Jest” (SFS Media); Alexander Melnikov plays Schumann (Harmonia mundi)

John Adams’ Absolute Jest is a sheer blast of fun, wildly inventive and, at its best, a vertiginous collage.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Absolute Jest, Alexander Melnikov, Freiburger Barockorchester, Grand Pianola Music, Harmonia Mundi, Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras, John Adams, Robert Schumann, San Francisco Symphony, SFS Media productions, Synergy Vocals

Classical CD Reviews: Isabelle Faust plays Schumann and the Dmitri Ensemble plays Shostakovich Chamber Symphonies

Listening to Isabelle Faust’s performance of Schumann’s Violin Concerto I wondered why the piece has remained on the fringes of the repertoire for so long.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alexander Melnikov, Dmitri Ensemble, Freiburger Barockorchester, Graham Ross, Harmonia Mundi, Isabelle Faust, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Pablo Heras-Casado, Robert Schumann, Rudolf Barshai, Shostakovich: Chamber Symphonies, Violin Concerto

Classical CD Reviews: Camerata Pacifica plays John Harbison; Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov perform Beethoven

Camerata Pacifica does right by John Harbison. And when it comes to Beethoven’s music for cello and piano, Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexander Melnikov are tops.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alexander Melnikov, Camerata Pacifica, Harmonia Mundi, Jean-Guihen Queyras, John Harbison, Paul Huang

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