• Frank Bridge: – Cello Sonatas

    Andreas Brantelid (cello), Bengt Forsberg (piano), The Royal Danish Orchestra, Thomas Søndergård Naxos · 8573690 · 73 minutes There’s something about English cello writing from this era that feels like walking through fog on a coastline — Bridge, Elgar, and Ireland all mine that same melancholic vein, but each with a distinct shade of grey. Brantelid seems to understand […]

    CELLO SONATAS | 26.08.05

  • Telemann: – Concerto TWV 51:D8 in D major for horn, strings & b.c.

    RJ Kelley (horn), Alexandra Cook (horn), John Aubrey (horn), Krista Bennion Feeney (violin)Palisades Baroque, Richard Dunn Centaur · CRC3380 · 75 minutes Horn concertos from the Baroque era are a bit of a minor miracle when you stop to think about it — natural horns with no valves, played by people who somehow nail the intonation on notes that […]

    HORN CONCERTOS | 26.08.05

  • Brahms: – Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 120 No. 2

    Antoine Tamestit (viola), Cédric Tiberghien (piano), Matthias Goerne (baritone) Harmonia Mundi · HMM902652 · 56 minutes Brahms wrote these sonatas late in life, originally for clarinet, and something about hearing them on viola instead brings out an even darker, more autumnal quality — that husky lower register just seems built for the ache in this music. Tamestit and Tiberghien […]

    BRAHMS | 26.08.05

  • Thomas Zehetmair

    Thomas Zehetmair (baroque violin) ECM · 4818558 · 2 hours 6 minutes Zehetmair recorded these six works once before, decades ago, and coming back to them on baroque violin isn’t some nostalgic victory lap — it’s a genuinely different conversation with the music. The gut strings and lighter bow pull the sound away from Romantic grandeur and toward something […]

    THOMAS ZEHETMAIR | 26.08.05

  • Johannes Brahms

    András Schiff (piano/director), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment ECM · 4855770 · 94 minutes There’s something genuinely bracing about hearing these concertos stripped of their usual romantic weight, and that’s exactly what Schiff and the period-instrument OAE deliver here. The Blüthner’s lean, wiry sound refuses to let Brahms sink into plush upholstery, so all that dense contrapuntal writing […]

    JOHANNES BRAHMS | 26.08.04

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