The Lebrecht Weekly: Peteris Vasks – Musica serena (BR Klassik)
Latvia’s answer to Estonia’s Arvo Pärt, Vasks writes long, slow, contemplative works with a strong feeling for lakes, forests and landscape. The title piece, for…
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The Lebrecht Weekly: Edward Elgar – Partsongs, From the Bavarian Highlands (BR Klassik)
Sir Simon Rattle, who became a German citizen this week, prefers to work with an English chorusmaster. In Berlin he had his former Birmingham partner,…
Lebrecht Weekly – FolksLied: Beethoven, Britten, Haydn (BR Klassik)
Viennese masters, always short of cash, picked up commissions from rich British tourists for composing drawing-room settings of national heritage. Haydn and Beethoven filled their…
Lebrecht Weekly – Mahler: 1st Symphony (BR Klassik)
Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s interpretation of Mahler’s first symphony is beautifully played by Munich’s (some say Germany’s) best orchestra and thoughtfully structured by an impressive guest conductor.…
