Charlotte Margiono: Sings Wagner
In this Wagner recital, the Dutch soprano, Charlotte Margiono, proves herself to be the Wagner heroine par excellence. The title choice points to a well thought-out concept. The three combined "romantic operas" ...
Composer: Richard Wagner
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 11, 'The Year 1905'
Mikhail Pletnev's Shostakovich Symphony No. 11 excels beyond the much-hyped Rostropovich version on LSO Live, which suffers from a deadening slow, heavy tread. Pletnev's urgent pacing brings the piece in at around 62 minutes ...
Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3
Pianist Mari Kodama performs Beethoven's first, second and third Piano Sonatas. Every development of a musical genre has its own point of departure. In Ludwig van Beethoven’s piano sonatas, this consists of the three Sonatas Op. 2, ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 and 4
All the works on the first volume in Pentatone’s series of Mozart’s music for violin and orchestra were composed in Salzburg during the mid-1770s. Julia Fischer, still only 22, is responsible for most of the cadenzas ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 16-18
Recorded 26-29 April 2004 at the Doopsgezinde Kerk, Haarlem, the Netherlands, these three sonatas reveal Ms. Kodama - as part of her ongoing Beethoven project ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 3 in G Major / Stravinsky: Divertimento
This enjoyable recording offers two works that are underappreciated by two composers who most certainly are not. Tchaikovsky produced his four orchestral suites during the nine years between the composition of the Fourth ...
Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Strauss, R.: Der Burger Als Edelmann / Duett-Concertino / Capriccio
It was to be a theatrical experiment: a playing with the “theater within the theater,” or better: the “opera within the theater.” The comedy Le bourgeois gentilhomme by Molière, provided with incidental music, as the framework ...
Composer: Richard Strauss
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Corelli: Concerto Grosso, Op. 6 (excerpts)
Pentatone Studio Masters devoted to music of Archangelo Corelli was recorded during concerts at the Vredenburg, Utrecht in January 2003, produced by Carl Schuurbiers with Erdo Groot as recording engineer. The recording has ...
Composer: Arcangelo Corelli
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 21, 23 and 26
These are beautifully conceived, technically polished renditions of three of Beethoven’s best-known piano sonatas, and beautifully recorded. The playing is lucid and tonally controlled, admirably free of the bombast and banging ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major / Piano Concerto in B Flat Minor
It's always good to hear Christian Tetzlaff, a violinist with a reputation for 'coolness' that instead I would call 'aristocratic'. His recording of the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto reminds me of artists such as Grumiaux ...
Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Yakov Kreizberg's collection of Johann Strauss waltzes was recorded in Vienna's Konzerthaus in June 2004 by the producer/engineer team of Job Maarse, Erdo Groot and Roger de Schot. They have beautifully captured luxurious ...
Composer: Johann Strauss II (1825–1899)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 / Loewe: Piano Concerto No. 2
The programme of this album at hand may appear odd at first, perhaps even a little wilful? however, it is at least exciting and conspicuous, as it heralds the meeting of Frederic Chopin‘s Piano Concerto in F minor with ...
Composer: Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849), Carl Loewe (1796-1869)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Chopin, F.: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
Recorded in Lisbon in July 2008, the Chopin Piano Concerti were accompanied by the Gulbenkian Orchestra under the directorship of Lawrence Foster. This release revisited a close relationship between Chen Sa and the Polish composer; ...
Composer: Fryderyk Chopin
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Tchaikovsky, P.: Hamlet / Romeo and Juliet
There were not many composers of standing, who worked equally hard on absolute and programme music. And of those composers, only few were destined to achieve extraordinary results in both genres.
Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3
This is the second (of three) discs that the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra are recording the Brahms symphonies under Marek Janowski.
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Mendelssohn: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2
Pentatone has another winner of Mendelssohn's two piano trios. Their star violinist Julia Fischer is joined by two other major young artists, pianist Jonathan Gilad, and cellist Daniel Müller-Schott in vivid performances...
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1 and 6
These performances of the first and sixth symphonies were recorded October 2004 at the DZZ Studio in Moscow with Job Maarse as producer. Jurowski's vivid performances have been well captured by the engineering staff—there is richness as well as impact.
Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich (1906–1975)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
