Classical CD Reviews


BACH: Goldberg Variations (arr. Richard Boothby) – Fretwork – Harmonia mundi (2 CDs) BACH: Goldberg Variations (arr. Richard Boothby) – Fretwork – Harmonia mundi (2 CDs)
Published on May 23, 2012

Should the Goldberg Variations be off-limits to arrangements? Fretwork makes it difficult to argue the case.


ERIC MOE: Superhero; Eight Point Turn; Kick & Ride – Robert Schulz, drum set / Boston Modern Orch. Project / Gil Rose – BMOP/sound ERIC MOE: Superhero; Eight Point Turn; Kick & Ride – Robert Schulz, drum set / Boston Modern Orch. Project / Gil Rose – BMOP/sound
Published on May 23, 2012

Composer Eric Moe has something to say, and he says it in a voice that’s like no other I’ve heard.


TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 3; String Sextet “Souvenir de Florence” – The  IPO Richter String Q./ Vladislav Krasnov, viola/ Kirill Mihanovsky, cello – Helicon (2 CDs) TCHAIKOVSKY: String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 3; String Sextet “Souvenir de Florence” – The IPO Richter String Q./ Vladislav Krasnov, viola/ Kirill Mihanovsky, cello – Helicon (2 CDs)
Published on May 23, 2012

A banner recording of the complete Tchaikovsky string quartets and thrilling sextet, brilliantly recorded in Tel Aviv, 12-15 September 2010.


FÖRSTER: Three String Quartets – Authentic Quartet – Hungaroton FÖRSTER: Three String Quartets – Authentic Quartet – Hungaroton
Published on May 20, 2012

For chamber music lovers, this is excellent entertainment.


BACH: Overtures: Complete Orchestra Suites – Freiburg Baroque Orch./ Petra Müllejans & Gottfried von der Golta – Harmonia mundi (2 CDs) BACH: Overtures: Complete Orchestra Suites – Freiburg Baroque Orch./ Petra Müllejans & Gottfried von der Golta – Harmonia mundi (2 CDs)
Published on May 19, 2012

The Freiburg Baroque continues its ever-expanding catalog for HM.


“A Lindberg Extravaganza” = [TrackList follows] Christian Lindberg, trombone/Swedish Wind Ensemble/ Hans Ek – Bis “A Lindberg Extravaganza” = [TrackList follows] Christian Lindberg, trombone/Swedish Wind Ensemble/ Hans Ek – Bis
Published on May 18, 2012

An “extravaganza” all right – especially for trombonists!


FRANÇOIS DEVIENNE Clarinet Sonatas – Wonkak Kim – Naxos </br> 
The Complete Works for Clarinet of LOUIS CAHUZAC – Philippe Cuper and Philippe Olivier Devaux – Clarinet Classics FRANÇOIS DEVIENNE Clarinet Sonatas – Wonkak Kim – Naxos
The Complete Works for Clarinet of LOUIS CAHUZAC – Philippe Cuper and Philippe Olivier Devaux – Clarinet Classics

Published on May 18, 2012

French clarinet works by an eighteenth-century composer and a twentieth-century composer who’s definitely of the old school.




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