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,...
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...
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...
Jul 28, 2023 | Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Recording Reviews
Originally published on July 21 This very welcome second release completes Leonard Slatkin & St Louis Symphony’s mid-1970s’ survey of George Gershwin’s orchestral music for Vox, this time with solo piano and Jeffrey Siegel. A1 performances in...
Jul 14, 2023 | Outstanding [category w.e.f. January 2021], Ramblings, Recording Reviews, Videos
Some background to this recording: Hilary Hahn announces new recording of Eugène Ysaÿe’s Six Sonatas for solo violin, to be released July 14 on Deutsche Grammophon. A few thoughts from me: I am no expert regarding these Six Sonatas (dedicated respectively to Szigeti,...
Jul 8, 2023 | Recording Reviews
Conductor and composer enjoyed a harmonious relationship over several decades. These concert recordings from the mid-1950s – all Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in the Royal Festival Hall, three evenings – report Sir Thomas’s particular manner with Richard Strauss’s...
