Contemporary 24 June 20164.0 0 Lebrecht Weekly – Lucas Debargue (Sony) This is a great time for piano lovers, a terrible one for young pianists. The past four years have flung up the most phenomenal range…
Chamber Music 17 June 20164.0 0 Lebrecht Weekly – Dmitri Shostakovich: piano trios and viola sonata (Decca) The three works on this album encompass an entire composing life. The first piano trio was written by a 17 year-old for his girlfriend in…
Baroque and Early 10 June 20162.0 0 Lebrecht Weekly – Cameron Carpenter: All you need is Bach (Sony) Before we go any further, let me declare once and for all that I am done with three stars. Everywhere else, critics award three stars…
Classical Music 3 June 2016 0 Lebrecht Weekly – Feldman, Crumb: Piano pieces (Hyperion) Every few months I take my ears out for a cleaning. This is not as easy as it sounds. Finding music that is original, unfamiliar,…
Contemporary 3 June 20165.0 0 Lebrecht Weekly – Feldman, Crumb: Piano pieces (Hyperion) Every few months I take my ears out for a cleaning. This is not as easy as it sounds. Finding music that is original, unfamiliar,…
Baroque and Early 27 May 20163.0 0 Lebrecht Weekly – Anonymous: Six concertos (CPO) The best fun I’ve had all week is trying to identify the composers of six 18th century concertos that have turned up in the vaults…
Lebrecht Weekly 27 May 2016 0 Lebrecht Weekly – Anonymous: Six concertos (CPO) The best fun I’ve had all week is trying to identify the composers of six 18th century concertos that have turned up in the vaults…
Lebrecht Weekly 20 May 20164.0 0 Lebrecht Weekly – Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 2 and 8 (Onyx) Unless you live in England – and, in most of the country, even if you do – you will have few opportunities to hear live…
Classical Music 20 May 2016 0 Lebrecht Weekly – Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphonies 2 and 8 (Onyx) Unless you live in England – and, in most of the country, even if you do – you will have few opportunities to hear live…
Classical 13 May 20164.0 0 Lebrecht Weekly – Joseph Haydn: Violin concertos (Panclassics) It must be a seasonal thing. When fresh mushrooms simmer and asparagus gently steams, it starts raining …Haydn. Sure enough, four Haydn releases have landed…