May 2022

Ropartz’s Piano Music: Thinat’s Compelling Exploration of French Modernism

Composer: Guy Ropartz (1864-1955) Works: Piano Music Performer: Françoise Thinat (piano) Label: Marco Polo Release Date: 1991…

Beethoven’s Pioneering Sonatas: Gieseking’s Masterful Interpretations of the C Major, F Minor, E Major, and A Flat Major Works

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven Works: Piano Sonata No 21 in C major, Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’; Piano Sonata…

Knut Vaage’s Contemporary Works: BIT 20 Ensemble’s Innovative Performance

Review Metadata: Composer: Knut Vaage (b. 1961) Works: Movements, Hexa, Transit, Jug Band Rag Performers: BIT 20…

Martinu’s Symphonic Landscapes: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine’s Captivating Performance Under Arthur Fagen

Composer: Bohuslav Martinu Works: Symphony No. 3, Symphony No. 5 Performers: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Arthur…

Bach’s Piano Transcriptions: Busoni’s Masterful Reimagining of Sacred Works

BACH-BUSONI: Piano Transcriptions Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750) arr. Ferruccio BUSONI (1866-1924) Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV…

Bartók’s Orchestral Masterpieces: Botstein’s Compelling Exploration with London Philharmonic

Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Concerto for Orchestra (1943) Four Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12 (1921) Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op….

Holmboe’s Nature-Inspired Preludes: Athelas Sinfonietta’s Evocative Performances with Jesper Juul Sørensen and Anne Mehter Stæhr

Composer: Vagn Holmboe Works: Preludes for Sinfonietta – Vol. 2: Prelude No. 1 To a Pine Tree…