Category: Review
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The Greatest Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 EVER
Alto’s release of Yevgeny Mravinsky and the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra’s recording of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 8 is dubbed, “The Greatest Recording EVER” by ClassicsToday’s Dave Hurwitz!
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February Gramophone Features for Musical Concepts Releases
Rob Cowan’s “Replay” column in the February issue of Gramophone Magazine features two lovely reviews for releases from Parnassus and Alto: “Another master in Dvorak was the cellist Emanuel Feuermann, well known for his recordings of the Concerto (two captured live, one set down in the studio), and two shorter works. Silent Woods, Op 68,…
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5 Star Review of the Weinberg: String Quartets Nos. 7 & 8, Serenade for Orchestra, Sinfonietta No. 2
Gary Lemco of Audiophile Audition gives Weinberg: String Quartets Nos. 7 & 8, Serenade for Orchestra, Sinfonietta No. 2 Five Stars! “The 1952 Sinfonietta No. 2 in A Minor for string orchestra and timpani is performed by Rudolf Barshai and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra in 1962. In four movements of approximately equal duration, the piece opens with…
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Václav Talich Conducts Dvořák Symphony No. 8 and Suk Serenade For Strings gets a 5 Star Review from Gary Lemco in Audiophile Audition
Audiophile Audition’s Gary Lemco gives Václav Talich Conducts Dvořák Symphony No. 8 and Suk Serenade For Strings 5 Stars “The Dvorak G Major Symphony, composed for the composer’s reception in England, has long enjoyed happy readings, from the likes of Talich and Bruno Walter. The authority of the Czech Philharmonic woodwinds proves especially luminous, both…
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Throwback MusicWeb International Review for Abravanel and Utah Symphony’s Complete Sibelius
MusicWeb International‘s Ralph Moore has a newly published review for the Musical Concepts label release of the Complete Jean Sibelius Symphonies from Maurice Abravanel and the Utah Symphony! “Still available on the Musical Concepts label, this super-bargain set remastered in excellent analogue sound offers all seven of Sibelius symphonies on three CDs such that you…
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Textura Review for Miranda Cuckson’s Világ
“Világ, a Hungarian word meaning “world” or “illumination,” is an apt title choice for Miranda Cuckson’s double-CD collection of unaccompanied violin performances. In featuring pieces by composers from Hungary, Iran, Canada, Germany, and Italy, the release is global in span. It’s also illuminating, not only for its compositional diversity but for Cuckson’s extraordinary playing. In…
