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Warner Classics

Classical CD Reviews: A Banquet of Beethoven from Daniel Lozakovich, Midori, and Gidon Kremer & Friends

Nothing to recommend in Daniel Lozakovich’s take on the Beethoven Violin Concerto, but Midori’s performance of the piece is completely unpretentious, natural, and exciting. Gidon Kremer & friends serve up a terrifically flexible version of Carl Reinecke’s adaptation of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: accentus, Daniel Lozakovich, Deutsche Grammophon, Gidon Kremer, Midori, Warner Classics

Classical CD Reviews: “Clytemnestra,” Max Reger’s “Der Einsiedler,” and Richard Strauss “Lieder”

Soprano Ruby Hughes’ album is fine, well played, sung, and programmed; baritone Christoph Prégardien delivers vocal works by Mahler, Alexander von Zemlinsky, and Max Reger with warmth; soprano Diana Damrau is in her glorious prime singing the songs of Strauss.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Bis, Christoph Prégardien, Diana Damrau, Ruby Hughes, Solo Musica, Warner Classics

Classical Album Reviews: “Strangers in PARadISe,” Camille Saint-Saëns’ Orchestral Works, and Berlioz’s “Symphonie fantastique”

Diana Tishchenko’s a violinist well worth keeping an eye on; Jun Märkl leads the MSO in brisk, shapely readings of pieces by Saint-Saëns; Françoix-Xavier Roth and Les Siecles come up with some winning Berlioz.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Diana Tishchenko, Françoix-Xavier Roth, Harmonia Mundi, Jun Märkl, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Naxos, Strangers in PARadISe, Warner Classics

Classical CD Reviews: “La Damnation de Faust,” Villa-Lobos’ Guitar & Harmonica Concertos, and Messiaen Orchestral Works

John Nelson’s La Damnation de Faust is a triumph; you will rarely encounter Villa-Lobos played with greater understanding or in better sound than here; Paavo Järvi and his orchestra’s survey of Messiaen orchestral works early and late is resplendent.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alpha, Giancarlo Guerrero, Gulbenkian Choir, John Nelson, José Staneck, Les Petits Chanteurs de Strasbourg, Maîtrise de l’Opéra National du Rhin, Naxos, Paavo Järvi, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Warner Classics

Classical Album Reviews: Beethoven’s “Leonore,” Tesla Quartet’s “Joy & Desolation,” and Emmanuel Pahud’s “Dreamtime”

A fresh, bracing take on Beethoven as a dramatist, Tesla Quartet serves up refreshingly direct and emotionally-complex performances of Mozart, and flautist Emmanuel Pahud has crafted an ear-catching, unpredictable program.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alexander Fiterstein, Emmanuel Pahud, Harmonia Mundi, Orchid, René Jacobs, Tesla Quartet, Warner Classics

Classical CD Reviews: Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Ives, Conrad Tao’s “American Rage,” and Gianandrea Noseda conducts Shostakovich

Michael Tilson Thomas delivers a towering Ives Fourth; pianist Conrad Tao’s American Rage is hard-edged and defiant, but also poignant and stirring; Gianandrea Noseda’s Shostakovich Fourth is ferocious.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Conrad Tao, Gianandrea Noseda, LSO Live, Michael Tilson Thomas, SFS Media, Warner Classics

Classical CD Reviews: George Li plays Tchaikovsky, Jansons conducts Shostakovich, and Andris Nelsons conducts BSO premieres

Terrific, fiery playing from George Li, one of the most compelling young pianists on the scene; Mariss Jansons’ recording of Shostakovich’s Tenth trudges from start to finish; irrefutable proof of Andris Nelsons’ excellence as a new-music conductor.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Andris Nelsons, BR Klassik, George Li, Mariss Jansons, Naxos, Warner Classics

Classical Music CD Reviews: Strauss/Korngold’s “Eine Nacht in Venedig,” Berlioz’s Requiem, and Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D

Among the reviews: a terrific, important release that celebrates one of the most interesting – and hitherto overlooked – composers of the late-19th- and early-20th centuries in style. Don’t miss it.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Review Tagged: BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Chandon, CPO, Dame Ethel Smyth, Grand messe des morts, Warner Classics

Classical CD Reviews: Petrenko conducts Elgar, Gardner conducts Mendelssohn, and Alain Lefévre’s My Paris Years

Vasily Petrenko’s Elgar disappoints, Edward Gardner’s Mendelssohn excites, and Alain Lefévre’s Paris is delights.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Alain Lefévre, Chandos, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Edward Gardner, Gardner conducOnyx, My Paris Years, Onyx, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko, Warner Classics

Classical CD Reviews: Bernstein Complete Piano Music, “Chaplin’s Smile,” and Parry Piano Trios

A trio of fine discs: Leonard Bernstein’s music for solo piano, Charlie Chaplin’s songs, and Charles Hubert Hastings Parry’s trios.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Review Tagged: Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Charlie Chaplin, Hyperion, Leonard Berstein, Piano Classics, Warner Classics

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