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Libor Pešek demonstrates an uncanny flair for Britten’s complex and distinctive idiom. Take his reading of the Sinfonia da Requiem, for example, in which his
This recording won a Grammy (or so I’m told). God knows why. So if you collect Grammy-winning classical music recordings (i.e., discs that have won
This is a re-release of pieces that originally appeared on Chandos, and they rank among the catalog’s best performances of these standard Benjamin Britten works.
Whoever once quipped that the oboe was “an ill wind that nobody plays good,” probably never heard Allan Vogel. The virtuoso soloist scores points all
It’s interesting to hear Gershwin’s concerted works juxtaposed with Ravel’s two piano concertos, especially the jazz-influenced G major one. Rhapsody in Blue and Concerto in
This opera/musical was premiered in the middle of 1941 during Britten’s stay in America. A collaboration with Anglo-American poet W. H. Auden, it was the
Truls Mørk’s approach to the grim opening of Elgar’s Cello Concerto is appropriately stark. His hard, lean tone is in marked contrast to the full,
Britten and Shostakovich were friends, and both of these concertos are youthful works cast in brittle, neo-classical forms. To that extent, they go well together.
Shostakovich dedicated his Fourteenth Symphony to Benjamin Britten, and so this performance by the dedicatee and two of the soloists who participated in the work’s
Among the pianists of the younger generation, Leif Ove Andsnes distinguishes himself by his original choices of repertoire and pungent pianism. His healthy musicianship shows
