Recording Reviews Archives

RELEASED TODAY, September 15: Pentatone releases Pierre-Laurent Aimard, San Francisco Symphony & Esa-Pekka Salonen in Bartók’s three Piano Concertos.

Sep 15, 2023 | Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Recording Reviews

Previously published on August 22 Unmissable, essential – forgive these buzz words, but they fit this superb release: three masterworks (eighty minutes) captured in exceptional, perfectly balanced, and immediate, sound (June 2022 & Feb 2023) – no...

Paavo Järvi & Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich record Bruckner’s Eighth Symphony for Alpha Classics.

Sep 3, 2023 | Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Recording Reviews

Following the Seventh, Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle Orchestra continue what I assume will become a second Bruckner Symphony cycle for the conductor (following Frankfurt Radio/RCA) with the magnificent Eighth, using Leopold Nowak’s edition. It’s a very...

Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg & Aziz Shokhakimov record Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony & Romeo and Juliet for Warner Classics.

Jul 30, 2023 | Recording Reviews

The Strasbourg Philharmonic and its music director conjure appropriate dark colours and a tense atmosphere for Shakespeare’s doomed lovers, preparing the way for a passionate and exciting account of Romeo and Juliet, which ebbs and flows expressively and,...

Vox Audiophile Edition releases Maurice Abravanel conducting Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony & 1812 Overture with Utah Symphony Orchestra.

Jul 30, 2023 | Recording Reviews

Following what has become a desirable Fourth Symphony, https://www.colinscolumn.com/vox-audiophile-edition-releases-maurice-abravanel-conducting-tchaikovskys-fourth-symphony-romeo-and-juliet-with-utah-symphony-orchestra/, Naxos, now owners of the Vox label, move on to...

RELEASED TODAY, July 28: Martin Owen records Horn Concertos by Schumann, Strauss & Weber for Chandos, with BBC Philharmonic & John Wilson, and Alec Frank-Gemmill, Christopher Parkes & Sarah Willis.

Jul 28, 2023 | Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Recording Reviews

Originally published on July 9 This showcase for Martin Owen, principal horn BBC Symphony Orchestra, includes Weber’s Concertino, which, following a few bars of orchestral operatic intent, introduces Owen’s mellifluous lyrical phrasing and rich tone – Weber conjures a...

RELEASED TODAY, July 28: Vox Audiophile Edition releases Leonard Slatkin conducting George Gershwin’s piano-and-orchestra music – including Rhapsody in Blue – with Jeffrey Siegel & St Louis Symphony Orchestra.