If You Think Classical Music is Dead, You're Dead Wrong!
LEBRECHT LISTENS | A Schnittke And Kapustin Revival By Cello
By Norman Lebrecht on July 31, 2020
The compositions of Nikolai Kapustin and Alfred Schnittke see a revival via works for cello in this recent recording by German cellist Eckart Runge and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Christopher Rouse: ‘Love Letters To The Orchestra’
By Norman Lebrecht on July 24, 2020
What Chris Rouse wrote was not big symphonies, but an intimate series of love letters to the orchestra, an endangered species in our short-span century.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Two Lost Composers For Lost Times
By Norman Lebrecht on July 17, 2020
The only connection between composers Feinberg and Winterberg is their victimisation and the last syllable of their names. Both were silenced for political reasons; neither has found due recognition.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Making A Case For Dutilleux
By Norman Lebrecht on July 10, 2020
Quart de nuit (Deux-Elles) by the Ruysdael Quartet is a fine album that leaves me wanting more, more Dutilleux, especially.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Caught Between Late-Romanticism And Atonality With Alexander Zemlinsky
By Norman Lebrecht on July 3, 2020
Like others of his generation, Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942) was torn between late-romanticism and atonality — Lebrecht reviews The Mermaid.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Shostakovich: ‘An Essential Record, Five Star From Start To Finish’
By Norman Lebrecht on June 26, 2020
Anglo-Russian violinist Alina Ibragimova's playing of the two Shostakovich concertos gives a wholly new dimension to appreciation of the works.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Gustavo Gimeno’s César Franck Is ‘As Red-Blooded As Steak Tartare’
By Norman Lebrecht on June 19, 2020
Gustavo Gimeno’s release with the Luxembourg Philharmonic is as red-blooded as steak tartare and as rich as mousse au chocolat with extra chippings on top.
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REPORT | Jonas Kaufmann Affirms His Status As The Otello Of The 21C With New Recording
By Joseph So on June 15, 2020
Joseph So reports on a webinar hosted by Sony Classical, and featuring tenor Jonas Kaufmann and Maestro Antonio Pappano to talk about their new recording of Verdi's Otello.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Feldman & Cage: Two For Uncharted Eternity
By Norman Lebrecht on June 12, 2020
As part of his COVID-19 weekly dip into less-heard modern composers, Norman Lebrecht reviews Feldman and Cage.
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LEBRECHT LISTENS | Penderecki’s ‘St Luke Passion’ Is A Reminder How The World Sounded Before COVID-19
By Norman Lebrecht on June 5, 2020
A recording of Penderecki full of dignity and drama; we will not hear its like again in the next few years for reasons no one had foreseen.
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