Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with reconstructed 4th movement in an exciting new record scored at Carnegie Hall on February 24, 2012, featured by Samale/Mazzuca/Phillips/Cohrs (SMPC), has been nominated for…
Vladimir Ashkenazy is renowned for his performances of Romantic and Russian composers. March 2013 sees Vladimir Ashkenazy’s fiftieth anniversary as an exclusive Decca Classics artist, 50-CD Ashkenazy-Rachmaninov collection will celebrate a unique career that began in…
German composer Carl Maria von Weber is one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school, Weber’s operas greatly influenced the development of the Romantic opera in Germany, as a brilliant pianist himself, Weber composed four sonatas, the…
Her tone has deepened . . . as has her expressivity . . . here she shows refreshing commitment and spontaneity. The clarity and roundness of her upper range also…
This is music that is constantly intriguing and beautifully. The First Piano Quartet reveals Fauré’s debt to an earlier generation of composers, particularly Mendelssohn. Yet already it has the refined sensuality,…
MARK-ANTHONY TURNAGE: ‘ANNA NICOLE’ Eva-Maria Westbroek, soprano; Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Antonio Pappano. (Opus Arte, DVD OA1054D, $29.99; Blu-ray disc, $39.99.) Yes, that Anna Nicole! In February…
Puccini’s opera Manon Lescaut with Eva-Maria Westbroek in the title role under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle and directed by Sir Richard Eyre; concerts with Anne-Sophie Mutter, Sol Gabetta and Yefim…
Alison Balsom demonstrates the versatility and expressive power of her valve-less instrument in original works and new arrangements. These include Purcell’s Sound the trumpet and Handel’s Eternal Source of light divine in…