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CD Review: Elgar Violin Concerto, Orchestra of the Music Makers, Gabriel Ng, Chan Tze Law
Posted on December 2, 2013 | No CommentsGet this CD, you won't come across a more promising debut recording for a while, I promise - not from a Singaporean, not from anyone. -
Concert review: T’ang Quartet – Highly Strung III – Bachannalia
Posted on November 5, 2013 | No CommentsT’ang Quartet – Highly Strung III – Bachanalia Bach – The Art of Fugue – Contrapunctus 1 Mozart – Adagio and Fugue in C Minor KV 546 Bach – The Art of Fugue – Contrapunctus 2 Richard Strauss – Capriccio Bach – The Art of […] -
Schubert and Schumann Fantasies – transcriptions by ‘Joseph James’ – English Chamber Orchestra, Orlando Jopling, members of the Schubert Ensemble
Posted on October 17, 2013 | No CommentsWanderer Fantasy Transcriptions for orchestra by ‘Joseph James’ after Franz Schubert ‘Wanderer’ Fantasy, D760 Robert Schumann ‘Fantasie’, Op. 17 English Chamber Orchestra Members of the Schubert Ensemble, Orlando Jopling SIGNUM CLASSICS SIGCD095 Total time: 53:24 Review by Derek Lim It’s fascinating listening to transcriptions because […] -
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde. Alice Coote, Burkhard Fritz, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
Posted on October 16, 2013 | No CommentsGustav Mahler Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) Alice Coote (mezzo) Burkhard Fritz (tenor) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Marc Albrecht PenaTone Classics PTC 5186 502 It’s apparent from the first crackling bars of Marc Albrecht’s (pictured right) Das Lied von der Erde that […] -
Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos, Paganini Rhapsody – Valentina Lisitsa, London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Francis
Posted on October 10, 2013 | No CommentsSergey Rachmaninov Piano Concertos 1-4, Paganini Rhapsody Valentina Lisitsa London Symphony Orchestra Michael Francis, conductor Decca 0289 478 4890 5 Review by Derek Lim Valentina Lisitsa is today considered a YouTube sensation, but long before that happened, in 2007, Dr Chang Tou Liang, then festival director, brought […]