Apr 11, 2020 | Recording Reviews
The Discoveries are nine first recordings, all of them with Marche or Marcia in the title. The music of Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842, he was born in Florence and moved to Paris and became a French citizen) was highly regarded during his lifetime, not least by Beethoven,...
Apr 9, 2020 | Recording Reviews
Edward Gardner and the CBSO continue their Schubert Symphony Cycle for Chandos. Volume 2, recorded in Birmingham Town Hall, couples Symphonies 2 & 6, both delightfully done. Gardner’s fleet tempos (other speeds are available; conversely, the Trio of No.6 drags a...
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Apr 9, 2020 | Recording Reviews
In other words, Beethoven’s Final Three Piano Sonatas, Opuses 109, 110 & 111. Recorded live in Munich in June last year, with applause removed to allow a continuous sequence, Maurizio Pollini’s approach is essentially no-nonsense – fiery and direct – but, as the...
Apr 7, 2020 | Recording Reviews
Martyn Brabbins continues his unmissable Vaughan Williams Symphony Cycle (5-star reviews on Classical Source so far, see below) with Numbers 3 (A Pastoral Symphony) & 4, from 1922 and 1935 respectively, both premiered by Adrian Boult, pre-knighthood. Brabbins...
Apr 5, 2020 | Recording Reviews
Best remembered as a conductor, Sir Eugene Goossens (1893-1962) wrote quite a few pieces; here are his Opuses 62 (the 40-minute Symphony 2) & 63 (Phantasy Concerto, for violin and orchestra, lasting half-an-hour); both have four movements. Neither work is a...
