BIS
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 & Piano Concerto No. 1
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Lan Shui
the orchestra is sleek and well balanced in a handsome recording...Sudbin's playing feels as if he's improvising whole swathes. Performances of the Concerto don't come much better than this. —
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de Vlieger has approached his task with sympathy and no small degree of expertise...What makes this disc rather special, and of interest to more than just would-be Wagnerians who are allergic... —
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[the choir] is clearly a highly flexible instrument...Rachmaninov places great demands on even the most skilled singers...challenges which the Dutch singers pass with audible ease...The brief... —
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the gorgeous sonorities, bold gestures and ingenious deployment of registers [of Kanno's music] grab your attention...Prelude for Angel proves Kanno's strongest offering. It begins with disarming... —
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[Isherwood's] new disc is an eloquent and persuasive contribution to the Cageian cause precisely because he approaches the music from an alternative vantage point, and Cage's material proves... —
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That [Tishchenko] was a superb pianist underpins the expansive, gnarly language of his 11 piano sonatas. On this recording, French pianist Nicolas Stavy tackles the Seventh, longest and formally... —
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Nystedt & Bach: Meins Lebens Licht
Angelika Carlsen (violin)
Det Norske Solistkor (The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir), Ensemble Allegria, Grete Pedersen
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Beal’s symphonic take on his popular TV tunes is a thriller, but the delightful shorter works featuring flautist Sharon Bezaly ultimately steal the show. —
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Shostakovich & Martinu: Cello Concertos
Christian Poltéra (cello)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Gilbert Varga
Poltéra gives a blazing account, bringing both eloquent shape and tonal richness to his melodic line…Wallfisch’s marvellous 1991 account with the Czech Philharmonic under Jiří Bělohlávek has... —
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It’s strange but interesting. —
