
[RIP Mariss Jansons] Jansons’ previous two releases in his Brahms cycle featured excellent playing in a generalized sort of way, but little more. This final
Håkon Austbø’s Chopin is straightforward, true to text, and free from interpretive artifice to the extent that listeners might take issue with the lack of
Thomas Dausgaard’s ongoing project for Simax to record all of
This series goes from strength to strength. Boris Berezovsky has
This is an absolutely stunning collection, both interpretively and sonically
This release brings Thomas Dausgaard’s survey of Beethoven’s orchestral works and Boris Berezovsky’s concerto cycle to a stimulating close. The “Emperor” Concerto’s first movement is
It’s easy to overlook yet another recording of these popular
Finn Mortensen didn’t write very much music over the course
This live performance is generally well played (aside from a minor slip or two from the percussion) and naturally recorded. The generous depth of the
Mariss Jansons’ live Mahler 7 from Bavaria wasn’t very good, but this live version from Oslo is distinctly better. Not only does the orchestra seem