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Concerto

  • #ClassicsaDay #Stokowski Week 1

    Apr 9th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicsaDay, #Stokowski, Alan Hovhaness, Concerto, Georges Bizet, Johannes Brahms, Leopold Stokowski, Ludwig van Beethoven, Paul Creston, Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky, Twitter

    For April, 2021, the Classics a Day Team celebrates a legend — Leopold Stokowski. He was born in April (1882), and became a cultural icon. His recording legacy spans over 60 years. And whether he was conducting a premier orchestra or a group of studio musicians, the sound was unmistakable. To share all of Stokowski’s […]

  • Pancho Vladigerov String Concertos true masterworks

    Mar 17th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Alexander Vladigerov, Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Capriccio, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, Pancho Vladigerov

    Capriccio continues their reissue of Pancho Vladigerov recordings with his collected string concertos. Though these recordings were originally done in the 1970s, they all sound quite good in this release. The sound, though a little soft, still has plenty of detail. And that’s especially important for this volume. Pancho Vladigerov defined Bulgarian classical music. His […]

  • Weber Piano and Orchestral Music in Good Hands

    Feb 24th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens, Romantic period, Ronald Brautigam

    In a way, I suppose, this release was the next logical step. Pianist Ronald Brautigam and the Kölner Akademie have already recorded the complete piano concertos of Mozart, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn. Presenting those of Carl Maria von Weber helps fill out that timeline. Von Weber was a younger contemporary of Ludwig van Beethoven, and his music […]

  • Michal Bergson Piano Concerto revived

    Feb 11th, 2021 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Aleksandra Kubas-Kruk, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, DUX, Jakub Drygas, Jonathan Plowright, Lukasz Borowicz, Michal Bergson, Poznan Philharmonic Orchestra, Romantic period

    Michal Bergson’s piano concerto receives its world recording premiere — thanks to a chance discovery. Polish composer and pianist Michal Bergson (1820-1898) spent most of his life abroad, retiring to England. The manuscript for this 1868 concerto was recently discovered in a London antiquarian bookstore. Little is known of the circumstances surrounding the composition, save […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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, Noteworthy Release, 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Poul Ruders avoids categorizations in Volume 15

    Nov 23rd, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Andreas Delfs, Anne-Marie McDermott, Benjamin Schwartz, Bridge Records, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, Odensesymponieorkester, Poul Ruders, Quattro Mani

    What I like best about Poul Ruders is that he’s his own man. Ruders picks and chooses from all the various contemporary compositional trends. He mixes and matches them, all in service of the idea he wants to express. And Ruders makes it all sound not only cohesive but logical — as if it simply […]

  • Andrew Waggoner – Quantum Memoir explores connections

    Nov 16th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Andrew Waggoner, Bridge Records, CD Review, Classical music, Concerto, contemporary classical music, Gloria Cheng, Julia Tai, Kenneth Meyer, Michael Lim, Seattle Modern Orchestra

    This release features three concertos by violinist and composer Andrew Waggoner. These are short works — the longest runs just 19 minutes. But they’re also densely packed. Waggoner writes in a post-tonal style that can be enjoyed by the casual (albeit adventurous) listener, and those who want music that reveals more with every playing. The […]

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