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Classical music

  • Pancho Vladigerov Reissue Series Leads With Piano Concertos

    Jan 12th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Alexander Vladigerov, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Capriccio, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, Ivan Drenikov, Krassimir Gatev, Pancho Vladigerov, Teador Moussev

    In his native Bulgaria, composer and pianist Pancho Vladigerov is considered a national treasure. A treasure, perhaps, that was a little too closely guarded until now. For some reason, it’s always been difficult to access Vladigerov’s music outside of his Bulgaria. Thanks to Capriccio, the world will finally discover what it’s been missing. This release […]

  • Porfeti della Quinta perfectly perform Philippe Verdelot

    Jan 11th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, choral music, Classical music, Elam Rotem, Pan Classics, Philippe Verdelot, Porfeti della Qunta, renaissance music

    Philippe Verdelot one of the composers credited with developing the Italian madrigal. Though French, he spent most of his professional life in Florence. His publications spread throughout Europe and set the model for this Renaissance vocal form. Verdelot wrote mostly five- and six-voice madrigals. This release features some of his less-common four-voice madrigals. They were […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #Classical1921 Week 1

    Jan 8th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #Classical1921, #ClassicsaDay, Aaron Copland, Charles Villiers Stanford, Classical music, Nicolai Medtner, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Theodore Ardorno, Twitter

    What better way to celebrate a new year than with a look back? In this case, the Classics a Day team decided to go back 100 years. For January 2021 the challenge is to post works that were completed in or recordings released in 1921. It turns out there was quite a lot going on […]

  • El Canto del Cisne Negro – Latin-American music that merits attention

    Jan 7th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Ars Produktion, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Hugo Llanos Campos, Jose Elizondo, Nicole Pena Comos, Noteworthy Release

    In the liner notes, the artists write they’re presenting “a collection of largely unknown works for violoncello and piano from Latin America…[These composers] traveled to Europe, where they found themselves torn between their admiration for the culture and their nostalgia for… their own cultural roots. We share their experience, and their music resonated deeply with […]

  • Eivind Groven Symphonies solidly Norwegian

    Jan 6th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Eivind Groven, Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra, Naxos, Orchestral music, Peter Szilway

    Norwegian composer Eivind Groven had a unique compositional voice. It was informed by his intimate knowledge of Norwegian folk music and folk instruments. Groven came from a family of folk musicians and was an accomplished Hardanger fiddle player. While similar to a violin, there are many differences. These differences form the basis of the music […]

  • L’Arte dell’Arco triumphs with latest Giovanni Platti release

    Jan 5th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Baroque music, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, CPO, Federico Guglielmo, L'arte dell'Arco, Roberto Loreggian

    Giovanni Benedetto Platti was born when Johann Sebastian Bach was 13, and died when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was seven. Just as his life spanned the late Baroque and the early Classical era, so did his music. This release features four of Platti’s nine published harpsichord concertos. The works were written between 1730 and 1750, for […]

  • Modern masterworks by Victoria Borisova-Ollas

    Jan 4th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Andrey Boreyko, BIS, CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Martyn Brabbins, Orchestral music, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Sakari Oramo, Victoria Borisova-Ollas

    Victoria Borisova-Ollas is a Russian-born composer making her home in Sweden. If you (like me) aren’t familiar with her work, start with this recording. It’s stunning. Borisova-Ollas writes deeply spiritual music, drawing on classical music traditions of the past as well as the present. And she’s an imaginative orchestrator. Her use of percussion is original […]

  • Mona and Rica Bard jumpstart Bruch double piano concerto

    Dec 31st, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Ariane Matiakh, Capriccio, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, Max Bruch, Mona and Rica Bard, Orchestral music, Staatskapelle Halle

    This release features two live recordings from a Max Bruch Jubilee Concert. The recorded sound and the performances are first-rate. The Staatskapelle Halle directed by Ariane Matiakh has a warm sound that’s still richly detailed. The audience is so well-behaved that this could pass for a studio recording. For many, Buch is a one-hit-wonder. His […]

  • Carl Reinecke – Orchestral Works show influences

    Dec 29th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Carl Reinecke, CD Review, Classical music, CPO, Henry Raudales, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Orchestral music, Romantic period

    Carl Reinecke studied with Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, and Franz Liszt. And those influences can be heard in various works. For his piano concertos, it’s Liszt. For his symphonies, it’s more Mendelssohn/Schumann. At least, that’s what I heard in this first installment of Reinecke’s orchestral works from CPO. It includes two of Reinecke’s symphonies, plus […]

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