Conductor and pianist highly regarded for his elegant interpretations of Chopin and Liszt
The Hungarian pianist Tamás Vásáry, who has died aged 92, was highly regarded for his elegance and clarity of …
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Beethoven & Brahms: Violin Concertos album review – as supple and coherent as ever as the ACO celebrates 50 ⊕⊕
Tognetti/Australian Chamber Orchestra
(ABC Classic)
Under Richard Tognetti the ACO has established itself as world-class and this 50th anniversary live recording of these two great concertos are a wond…
Hania Rani: Non Fiction review – atmospheric and absorbing storytelling by Polish composer ⊕
Barbican Hall, London
From ghost-story minimalism to wartime memory, Rani’s two new works, premiered here, shimmer with imagination, although issues of balance diminished the piano concerto
In a crow…
Brahms: Symphony No 1, Tragic Overture album review – Petrenko and the Berliners give Brahms organic momentum ⊖
(Berliner Philharmoniker)
Brahms’s Tragic Overture leaps to life while there is much interest in a careful reading of the composer’s First Symphony in this new recording from the Berlin Philharmonic w…
5 months ago
Art and politics are not the same thing – but the Anna Netrebko case shows what happens when they collide | Martin Kettle ○
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The arts and politics are bound to mix, but they are not the same thing. In the cold war, Soviet artists performed in the west. Should the Russian soprano, who has condemned the Ukraine invasion, be …
6 months ago
The Ambassador Auditorium Recitals album review – a joyful reminder of the richness of Claudio Arrau ○
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Claudio Arrau
(First Hand Records)
Three recitals given by the Chilean pianist in the 70s and 80s are a feast of lucid and emphatic playing that hasn’t dated in the slightest
Those of us who were lucky …
7 months ago
‘A privilege and a great pleasure’: inside the 5,000-item Stephen Sondheim collection ○
A treasure trove of manuscripts, notebooks and recordings from the theatre legend has been acquired by the Library of Congress in Washington DC
Mark Horowitz had done his homework before Stephen Sondh…
8 months ago
Majestic, rigorous and sheer fun: the best of Alfred Brendel’s recordings ○
As the musical world mourns the celebrated pianist, we assess his wide recording legacy and pick the 12 best, from Russian rarities to quickfire Beethoven
In the two decades before he retired from con…
9 months ago
For Dieter: Hommage à Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau album review – a heartfelt tribute to a lieder legend ○
Benjamin Appl/James Baillieu
(Alpha)
The great baritone’s final student emulates his late mentor’s attention to verbal and musical detail in a 32-song centenary homage featuring plenty of Schubert
No li…
12 months ago
Lines of Life: Schubert & Kurtág album review – Benjamin Appl’s wonderful tribute to extraordinary composer ○
Benjamin Appl/Kurtág/Aimard/ Baillieu
(Alpha)
Works by Schubert and Brahms are interwoven with 13 of composer’s own songs in this beautifully realised collection
Benjamin Appl has worked regularly with …