Lebrecht Weekly – Henselt: Piano works (Edition Peters)
If there was an award for surprise of the year, this unpretentious release would win both the jury and the public vote. Adolph von Henselt,…
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Lebrecht Weekly – András Schiff: Encores after Beethoven (ECM)
In a reflective programme note, the ex-Hungarian pianist Sir András Schiff remembers being rebuked as a young Vienna debutant for playing “a prematurely given encore.”…
Lebrecht Weekly – Elgar, Martinu: Cello concertos (Sony Classical)
The Argentine-born Sol Gabetta, now in her mid-30s, made her first recording of the Elgar concerto six years ago in Denmark, an impressive performance stressed…
Lebrecht Weekly – Shostakovich plays Shostakovich (Praga Digitals)
If the print on this review goes blurry on your screen it’s because I’m still rubbing my eyes at the cast list on this astonishing…
Lebrecht Weekly – Schoenberg and Shostakovich (CSO.Resound)
Two composers in despair, reaching deep into their souls. Arnold Schoenberg, a penniless refugee in Los Angeles in 1938, was commissioned by a liberal temple…
Lebrecht Weekly – György Kurtág: Complete string quartets (ATMA Classique)
Some of my least endurable musical moments have been spent trapped in a small hall listening to a new piece by Kurtág, the venerable, post-tonal…
Lebrecht Weekly – Tchaikovsky: 6th symphony, Romeo & Juliet overture (Decca)
For a troubled London teenager in the 1960s there were three available sources of relief. One was illegal, one was immoral and the third was…
Lebrecht Weekly – J S Bach: The French Suites (DG)
What a difference a label can make. All his adult life, ever since he won the 1972 Leeds Piano Competition, Murray Perahia has recorded exclusively…
Lebrecht Weekly – Arnold Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder (Chandos)
It is so rare to hear the Gurre Lieder live that most of us are acquainted with it only on record – in memorable interpretations…
Lebrecht Weekly – Pretty Yende: A Journey (Sony Classical)
The classical music industry does not so much promote talent as postpone it. Faced with a gleaming young star, the male curators of fame (all…
