Orchestral - Classical Explorer

Bruckner

Bruckner Symphony 3 in its Original Version

The Third Symphony has for too long been overshadowed by the Fourth ...

Ballet

Lord Berners and The Triumph of Neptune

Perfect weekend listening, surely!

Contemporary

Magnus Lindberg's gritty orchestral music

... this set of live performances is a fine document of one of our most significant contemporary composers

French

Dutilleux's Wolf

A superb addition to the Dutilleux discography

Orchestral

A Summer Night Concert 2021

A lovely disc, worth its weight in gold for that superb Levit Rachmaninov

Farrenc

The Symphonies of Louise Farrenc

Rarely can Farrenc's music have spoken with so much power and so much eloquence; rarely can her genius have shone through so brightly

Stravinsky

Ballets Russes from Roth

Rediscover Stravinsky's seminal ballets on authentic instruments; discover some new friends in "Les Orientales"

Shostakovich

Early and late Shostakovich from Andris Nelsons and the Bostonians

An amazing twofer; one definitely worth adding to your library

Brahms

Brahms' Third and a magnificent Serenade

We have to thank Iván Fischer for his championing of this wonderful Serenade

Bruckner

A Bavarian Bruckner Three from Jansons

We've met Janson's Bruckner Sixth Symphony before on Classical Explorer. Now it's time for the Third - but "which" Third is it? The thorny question of Bruckner's revisions raises its head. Jansons has opted for the 1889 third version, which has a laudable tautness of structure. The Bavarian orchestra is

Prokofiev

Vasily Petrenko conducts Prokofiev and Myaskovsky

This is a spectacularly successful series

Violin

Francesca Dego plays Paganini and Wolf-Ferrari

A disc to cherish; a fabulously inventive coupling, and performances that glow with the energy of youth

Tchaikovsky

The return of Paavo Järvi: Tchaikovsky Symphonies 2 & 4

Järvi brings a modern view to the scores, revealing their multifaceted genius without diminishing the power. Quite an achievement!

Shostakovich

Shostakovich's Eleventh Symphony: a plea for reappraisal

Shostakovich's Eleventh Symphony is such a rewarding score, fully deserving of our attention

Orchestral

The Music of Paul Wranitsky: Orchestral Works

Given Naxos' laudable penchant for completism, it is good to note that this is "Orchestral Works 1" ...

Orchestral

Fantasy of Companionship

My, how the world needs upbeat music, expertly performed, right now. And here it is!

Orchestral

Sir Adrian Boult: A Musical Legacy

A salutary reminder of the greatness of this most English of conductors

Beethoven

The return of Currentzis: Beethoven Seventh

There are very few discs that, when they arrive, cause one to drop everything, head to the player and listen straight away. This is one such disc. Regular readers may remember that, some nine months ago, Classical Explorer began its journeyings with Currentzis' Beethoven Fifth. Currentzis is probably the only

Orchestral

The Curious World of C. P. E. Bach

Johann Sebastian had a lot of children - a lot. Most of them unsurprisingly composed to a greater or lesser degree: we think of Johann Christian Bach (J. C. Bach, 1735-82), the so-called "London Bach" most readily perhaps, for, his gallant, supremely well shaped music, itself a rich vein to

Orchestral

George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra: The Forgotten Recordings

This is a major release of historical recordings that at once reminds us of the stature of George Szell and his superb Cleveland Orchestra while also filling out our picture of their collaboration. The monolingual booklet comprises an extended essay by Lani Spahr on Szell himself. We hear how Szell