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Harmonia Mundi

Classical CD Reviews: More Beethoven — Michael Gielen Edition, vol. 9 and René Jacobs conducts the “Missa solemnis”

A captivating and thought-provoking version of Missa solemnis from René Jacobs and his forces; the Michael Gielen Edition is one of this Beethoven anniversary-year’s highlights.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Music, Review Tagged: Harmonia Mundi, Michael Gielen, Missa solemnis, René Jacobs, SWR

Classical CD Reviews: Beethoven Chamber Music, Part 2 – James Ehnes plays Violin Sonatas, Quatuor Ébene’s “Beethoven Around the World,” Lugansky Performs the Late Piano Sonatas

Violinist James Ehnes and pianist Andrew Armstrong’s Beethoven violin sonatas feel and sound absolutely right; Quatuor Ébène’s comes up with one of this anniversary year’s few, true benchmark releases; Nikolai Lugansky’s traversal of three of Beethoven’s late piano sonatas is often admirable.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andrew Armstrong, Erato, Harmonia Mundi, James Ehnes, Nikolai Lugansky, Onyx, Quatour Ébène

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: Beethoven Chamber Music, Part 1 – Goerne & Lisiecki Lieder, Paul Lewis plays the Bagatelles, and Frank Peter Zimmermann plays Violin Sonatas

Three new discs do right by Beethoven’s chamber music.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Music, Review Tagged: Beethoven Chamber pieces, Bis, Deutsche Grammophon, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Goerne & Lisiecki, Harmonia Mundi, Jan Lisiecki, Matthias Goerne, Paul Lewis

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: A Roundup of Beethoven Symphonies

Evaluations of a smorgasbord of Beethoven symphony recordings.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Akademie für Alte Music Berlin, Beethoven, Britten Sinfonia, Freiburger Barockorchester, Gerald Barry, Harmonia Mundi, MusicAeterna, Pablo Heras-Casado, Signum Classics, Sony Classical, Teodor Currentzis, Thomas Ades, Zürcher Sing-Akademie

Classical CD Reviews: Beethoven Complete Piano Concerto Box Sets

It’s Beethoven’s 250th birthday year: reviews of four sets of the complete piano concertos from, respectively, Paul Lewis, Stewart Goodyear, Inon Barnatan, and Stephen Hough.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Alan Gilbert, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Harmonia Mundi, Hyperion, Inon Barnatan, Jiri Belohlavek, Orchid Classics, Paul Lewis, Pentatone, Stephen Hough, Stewart Goodyear

Classical CD Reviews: François-Xavier Roth conducts Mussorgsky and Ravel, Manfred Honeck conducts Tchaikovsky and Leshnoff, and Mikolajus Čiurlionis Orchestral Works

François-Xavier Roth and his period ensemble Les Siècles serve up freshness of playing and conviction of interpretation; Manfred Honeck is a conductor who can draw compelling, electrifying accounts of the standard canon as if on cue; the verdict’s mixed on the music of Lithuanian-born composer Mikalojus Čiurlionis.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Francois-Xavier Roth, Harmonia Mundi, Jonathan Leshnoff, Les Siècles, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck, Mikalojus Čiurlionis, Mondestas Pitrenas, Ondine, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Reference Recordings

Classical CD Reviews: Isabelle Faust plays Schoenberg, Mariss Jansons conducts Saint-Saëns and Poulenc, and John Wilson conducts Korngold

Isabelle Faust makes Arnold Schoenberg’s thorny Violin Concerto sing; Mariss Jansons lends heft to Saint-Saëns’ Symphony no. 3, and John Wilson continues to be your go-to conductor for Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: BR Klassik, Chandos, Harmonia Mundi

Classical CD Reviews: Beethoven & Knecht Orchestral Works, Josef Suk’s “Asrael,” and Berlioz’s “Symphonie fantastique”

Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin’s pairing of Beethoven with Knecht is intelligent, programmatically and musically, but Thierry Fischer’s Symphony fantastique is a disappointing misfire.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: BR Klassik, Harmonia Mundi, Hyperion

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