Onyx
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...if Brahms and Schoenberg may strike conservative listeners as odd bedfellows, Shai Wosner, a young Israeli pianist, does not see any dichotomy between "old" and "new" music, but an evolutionary... —
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surely, once in a while, we should indulge in this outrageous music, especially in these highly charged and glossy performances. —
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These three players would seem to view the trios primarily as inward works, a conversation between friends...Thus these performances are most effective in the less extrovert parts of the music. —
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…there are certainly some five-star performances here - and Strauss's relatively unfamiliar 'Glückes genug' hints that she may make an Arabella of ideal candour and dignity. —
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Pascal Rogé heads up this thoughtful disc of French trios. He has described his gods as Bach, Beethoven and Schumann, with Poulenc, Debussy and Satie as his friends. And so, too, are Ravel and... —
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Saint-Saëns: La Muse et la Poete, Cello Concerto No. 1 & Symphony No. 1
Pavel Gomziakov (cello)
Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra, Sachio Fujioka, Augustin Dumay
Dumay makes a convincing case for the First Symphony and sympathetically supports Gomziakov's lively account of the Cello Concerto, with some delicate poetry in the slow movement. —
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Apekisheva certainly takes nothing for granted and brings several individual touches to Pictures...As a whole, though, Apekisheva's interpretation comes across as over-calculating and deliberate...Generally... —
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Intellect is central: I've never heard so much revelatory detail in Prokofiev's triptych of dark and painful masterpieces. Kozhukhin has a way of bringing out the detail of the inner parts...that... —
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Sensitive cello playing throughout. The recording could be a little cleaner. —
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Joseph Moog plays Brahms & Strauss
Joseph Moog (piano), Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Nicholas Milton
Strauss was 21 when he wrote it, and it reflects his bursting confidence in what he could do…it’s just a firework display – but it does showcase Moog’s technical prowess. —
