Ben-Haim, Bloch, Korngold: cello concertos (CPO)
Jewish composers write violin concertos first, piano second. All other instruments are also-rans. Credit, then to Raphael Wallfisch for dusting off cello concertos by three…
Norman Lebrecht
Norman Lebrecht
Norman Lebrecht is a prolific writer on music and cultural affairs. His blog, Slipped Disc, is one of the most popular sites for cultural news. He presents The Lebrecht Interview on BBC Radio 3 and is a contributor to several publications, including the Wall Street Journal and The Standpoint. Visit every Friday for his weekly CD review // Norman Lebrecht est un rédacteur prolifique couvrant les événements musicaux et Slipped Disc, est un des plus populaires sites de nouvelles culturelles. Il anime The Lebrecht Interview sur la BBC Radio 3 et collabore à plusieurs publications, dont The Wall Street Journal et The Standpoint. Vous pouvez lire ses critiques de disques chaque vendredi.
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Rachmaninov: Piano concertos 1 and 3 (DG)
Recordings of these concertos begin with the composer himself and continue with Vladimir Horowitz, whom Rachmaninov acknowledged as the superior interpreter. The benchmark in modern…
Beethoven: Piano concerto 0 (Deutschlandfunk/Oehms)
**/*** Two recordings arrive, both claiming to be Beethoven world premieres. At issue is a piano concerto the great man wrote in 1784 at the…
Shostakovich plays Shostakovich (Melodiya)
****** (6 stars out of 5) Most records are disposable. A few are memorable, a small handful are treasurable and every now and then now…
Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn: Cello-piano works (Pentatone)
The near-symbiotic relationship between Mendelssohn and his older sister, examined in my forthcoming book Genius and Anxiety, was so central to both musicians’ lives that…
Beethoven: piano concertos 1-5 (DG)
Sometimes the best records get made with no foresight whatsoever. As part of his label switch from Sony Classical it had been planned that Murray…
Dmitri Shostakovich: 2 sonatas and 24 preludes (Hyperion)
If I listen one more time to Andrey Gugnin playing DSCH I shall probably be locked up for my own safety, at least until after…
Beethoven, Brahms: Clarinet trios (Orchid Classics)
Beethoven’s first self-promoted concert in Vienna in April 1800 contained works by Mozart and Haydn alongside his own first symphony, piano concerto and a septet,…
Patricia Kopatchinskaja: Time and Eternity (Alpha-Classics)
Just when everyone has given up on concept albums, up pops Pat Kop with a really interesting concept, one that – being Pat Kop –…
Gabriela Montero: Latin concerto (Orchid)
Most musicians go through life trying to avoid trouble, especially of the political kind. Gabriela Montero is an exception. Venezuelan by birth and an exile…
