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John Wilson & Sinfonia of London record English Music for Strings for Chandos.

John Wilson & Sinfonia of London record English Music for Strings for Chandos.

Jan 31, 2021 | Outstanding [w.e.f. January 2021], Recording Reviews

Benjamin Britten’s Frank Bridge Variations (1937, not short of recordings, including by the composer, for Decca, and Karajan for that matter, Philharmonia Orchestra) leaps off the page here, although it could be argued that John Wilson sometimes harries the music and...
Post #1,700: Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic’s 2021 New Year’s Concert for Sony Classical.

Post #1,700: Riccardo Muti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic’s 2021 New Year’s Concert for Sony Classical.

Jan 30, 2021 | Outstanding [w.e.f. January 2021], Recording Reviews

It was a wonderful start to the year and is now a permanent fixture of timeless delights. I wrote a few words back then and am now pleased to welcome a release that will be a constant companion. As ever, disappointingly and annoyingly, Sony does not respect the...
Howard Shelley records Piano Concertos by Stéphan Elmas for Hyperion.

Howard Shelley records Piano Concertos by Stéphan Elmas for Hyperion.

Jan 24, 2021 | Recording Reviews

Hyperion’s The Romantic Piano Concerto series reaches volume eighty-two, which showcases the first two (of three) Piano Concertos by Armenian composer, pianist and teacher Stéphan Elmas (1862-1937). Both three-movement works (in respectively G-minor and D-minor)...
RELEASED TODAY, January 22: A Vision of the Sea – The music of David Matthews [Signum Classics]

RELEASED TODAY, January 22: A Vision of the Sea – The music of David Matthews [Signum Classics]

Jan 22, 2021 | Outstanding [w.e.f. January 2021], Recording Reviews

Previously published on January 13 Four impressive orchestral works from the pen of Englishman David Matthews (born 1943). In order of disc appearance, the ten-minute Toward Sunrise (Opus 117) is atmospheric and suspenseful, a myriad of details and colours...
Andreas Haefliger records Piano Concertos by Ammann, Bartók and Ravel for BIS | Susanna Mälkki conducts the Helsinki Philharmonic.

Andreas Haefliger records Piano Concertos by Ammann, Bartók and Ravel for BIS | Susanna Mälkki conducts the Helsinki Philharmonic.

Jan 10, 2021 | Recording Reviews

Up first is Swiss composer Dieter Ammann’s The Piano Concerto (Gran Toccata), a half-hour score completed in 2019 and given its premiere during that year’s BBC Proms season, Sakari Oramo conducting. Ammann (born 1962) has created a terrific piece, a dazzling...
SOME of my favourite recordings released last year, 2020 … and a few concert reviews.

SOME of my favourite recordings released last year, 2020 … and a few concert reviews.

Jan 1, 2021 | Concert Reviews, Ramblings, Recording Reviews

I am not one for musical league tables or for pigeonholing musicians, so what follows, while far from arbitrary, is in no order whatsoever; it’s simply as I recalled a particular release that I regard as special I included it below, so something has no doubt...
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