classical cds

Schubert Lieder Christian Gerhaher (baritone); Gerold Huber (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 20.1.2026 Die abgeblühte Linde, D 514 (?1817). Der Jûngling an der Quelle, D 300 (c. 1817).  Die blinde Knabe, D 833 (1825). Liane, D 298 (1815). Die Unglûchliche, D 713 (1821).  Von Mitleiden […]

We heard Yoav Lavanon a the Gstaad Festival in 2023: the report is here. He gave a recital in Verbier, too, in 2019: here’s a video he made about that particular experience: Levanon styles himself […]

Stagings of Bach Passions are, if not the norm, certainly not unknown; and Insula showed how effective known music with projection can be in Mat Collishaw’s Sky Burial, a film response to Fauré’s Requiem. Insula’s Brahms […]

Exploration isnt’ just about repertoire; it’s also about new talent. Crisian Sandrin here gives performances of the last three Beethoven piano sonatas for the ages: plus a bonus (Carl Tausig’s arrangement for piano of the […]

We have written previously on Hanuš/Hans Winterberg, including a concert in Berlin, and an article here, In addition, for the USA journal Fanfare, I reviewed a disc of orchestral music including an historic recording. This […]

People have been going up for a very long time. So the music here fittingly spans some 500 years, from Tallis to Cheryl Frances-Hoad, music that celebrates a new day and the hope (and anticipation) […]

This is only the second disc containing music by Alberto Ginastera (1916-83) that has been considered here on Classical Explorer: previously, Camerata Bern on Alpha included his Concerto for Strings on they release Plaiirs illuminées. […]

The Hradec Králové Philharmonic takes on Josef Bohuslav Foerster’s Second Symphony here: quite the challenge, and one taken with aplomb. We explored Foerster’s First Symphony on Naxos here. Wagner and Debussy are two oft-mentiooed composer […]

We have enjoyed the Modernist music of Enno Poppe (born 1969, Hemer, Germany) before – The Music of Enno Poppe (Fett, Ich kann mich an nichts errinern), Prozession, and as conductor in Berlin (music by […]