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Sakari Oramo

Opera CD Review: William Alwyn’s Powerful Take on Strindberg’s “Miss Julie” — A Neglected Masterpiece

The second recording of William Alwyn’s searing opera confirms the work’s vitality and importance. It is one of the best and most accessible operas to have been written in the past few decades.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Anna Patalong, Chandos, Miss Julie, Ralph P. Locke, Sakari Oramo, William Alwyn

Classical CD Reviews: Gerstein plays Busoni, Josefowicz plays Zimmermann, and Vähälä plays Szymanowski

Pianist Kirill Gerstein’s take on Busoni is exhilarating; the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra serves the forceful music of composer Bernd Alois Zimmermann, and violinist Elina Vähälä does right by Szymanowski’s Violin Concerto.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Review Tagged: accentus, Alexander Liebreich, Bernd Alois Zimmermann, Elina Vähälä, Karol Szymanowski, Kirill Gerstein, Myrios, Ondine, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo

Concert Review: Sibelius and Busoni at Symphony Hall

In the Piano Concerto, Ferruccio Busoni seemed to want to have the final word in the tradition of the Romantic concerto.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ferruccio Busoni, Kirill Gerstein, Sakari Oramo, Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Classical Music CD Reviews: Vadym Kholodenko plays Grieg and Saint-Saëns and Javier Perianes plays Grieg

Javier Perianes is a musician of sweeping, Romantic sensibilities, eager to take a stand, and the result is a triumphant recording

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Grieg, Harmonia Mundi, Javier Perianes, Sakari Oramo, Vadym Kholodenko

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