Brahms: Chamber Music Composer Johannes Brahms is one of the musicians I have admired most over the years. And his chamber music, be it the violin and piano sonatas, the string quartets, of the chamber …
Takemitsu: Orchestral Works I listened yesterday to some amazing music by Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu. For me this is music unlike others: Instead of linear progress of the sound, this seems more circular or cylindrical, …
Elgar’s magic On this CD, we get Elgar’s best-loved orchestral works in this new album. Conductor Sir Andrew Davis has recorded most of these pieces before – but this collection benefits from his by-now vastly …
Elīna Garanča: Romantique On this CD, Elīna Garanča puts her imprint upon the big Romantic repertory, brilliantly portraying such different heroines as Tchaikovsky’s Joan of Arc (The Maid of Orléans), Gounod’s Sapho and Saint-Saëns’ Dalila …
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 & Dances from Aleko Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 Aleko: Intermezzo & Women’s Dance Aleko: Men’s Dance Performed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily …