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Classical Album Reviews: Sibelius Symphonies from Klaus Mäkelä and Owain Arwel Hughes

Conductor Klaus Mäkelä may be young, but, on the merits of this set, he sure seems to be the real deal. Buckle up: this ought to be an exciting career.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Decca, Klaus Mäkelä, Oslo Philharmonic, Owain Arwel Hughes, Rubicon

Classical Album Review: Pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason’s “Summertime” — A Keeper

A thoughtfully conceived, technically excellent, beautifully recorded, and expressively rich album that celebrates 20th-century piano music by (mostly) American composers.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Decca, Isata Kanneh-Mason, Jonathan Blumhofer, Summertime

Classical Music Album Review: Randall Goosby’s “Roots” — Profound and Accessible

Violinist Randall Goosby’s Roots tells a singular story, one that grows and deepens on repeated listening.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: black, Decca, Randall Goosby, Roots

Classical Album Review: Lise Davidsen sings Beethoven, Wagner, and Verdi

A singer with a gleaming instrument that’s at once mighty and agile, Lise Davidsen’s drawn comparisons with some of the legendary voices of the past.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Decca, Lise Davidsen, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Mark Elder

Classical Album Reviews: Beethoven Symphonies, Part 2 – Seiji Ozawa conducts the Seventh, François-Xavier Roth Leads the Fifth, and Thomas Adès conducts Beethoven & Barry

Seiji Ozawa’s Symphony no. 7 and Leonore Overture no. 3 offers a memorable blend of color, atmosphere, purpose, and soul; François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles serve up a satisfactory, period-instrument Symphony no. 5; Thomas Adès’ take on Beethoven is concentrated and energetic, if a bit impersonal.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Decca, Harmonia Mundi, Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, Signum Classics, Thomas Ades

Classical CD Reviews: François-Xavier Roth and Schumann, Herbert Blomstedt and Brahms, and Daniel Barenboim and Elgar

Françoix-Xavier Roth delivers a must-have cycle of Robert Schumann’s symphonies; Herbert Blomstedt’s Brahms’s Symphony no. 1 is spacious, restrained, and – too often – dull; Daniel Barenboim’s latest Elgar installment features a regrettably unsung masterpiece.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Daniel Barenboim, Decca, Francois-Xavier Roth, Herbert Blomstedt, Myrios Classics, Pentatone

Classical CD Reviews: Beethoven Concerti – Mutter, Ma, and Barenboim play the Triple Concerto, Martha Argerich plays the Piano Concerto no. 2, and Krystian Bezuidenhout plays the Piano Concerto no. 4

A round-up of fresh performances of Beethoven Concerti.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Anne-Sophie Mutter, Daniel Barenboim, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Freiburger Barockorchester, Harmonia Mundi, Krystian Bezuidenhout, Martha Argerich., Pablo Heras-Casado, West-East Divan Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma

Classical CD Reviews: The Tchaikovsky Project, Schumann Symphonies nos. 2 & 4, and Holst Orchestral Works

Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic do justice to a lot of Tchaikovsky’s orchestral music, while John Eliot Gardiner and the London Symphony play Robert Schumann’s famously-dense orchestrations with clarity. But Michael Stern’s account of The Planets completely lacks mystery.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Decca, John Eliot Gardiner, Kirill Gerstein, London-Symphony-Orchestra, LSO Live, Michael Stern, Reference Recordings, Semyon Bychkov

Classical CD Reviews: Nancy Dalberg’s String Quartets, Wynton Marsalis’ Violin Concerto, Osmo Vänskä conducts Mahler

Nancy Dalberg’s string quartets are worth getting to know, Wynton Marsalis’s violin concerto receives an electrifying performance, and Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra continue to churn out a less than necessary Mahler cycle.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Bis, Cristian Măcelaru, DaCapo, Decca, Nancy Dalberg, Nicola Benedetti, Nordic String Quartet, Osmo Vänskä, Wynton Marsalis

Classical CD Reviews: Hilary Hahn plays Bach and Sakari Oramo conducts Langgaard

Hilary Hahn supplies a disc of immaculate Bach; conductor Sakari Oramo and the Vienna Philharmonic play music by Rued Langgaard to the hilt.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: DaCapo, Decca, Hilary Hahn, Rued Langgaard

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