Orchestral

A collection of 63 posts

Farrenc

Repost: 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

Mahler

Mahler's Fourth Symphony revealed anew

François-Xavier Roth’s sterling restoration work with Les Sièces continues with Mahler

Shostakovich

Weill Symphony 2 / Shostakovich 5 (Shani)

After Sir Simon Rattle's recent fine concerts of Weill at the Barbican, this disc, which includes a rare recording of Weill's Second Symphony, comes as a fine complement.  As to the brilliant conductor, here at Classical Explorer, we previously met Lahav Shani at last year's Verbier Festival. So in this

English Music

John Ireland on Chandos

A beautifully varied, stunningly played and recorded disc of music by a composer whose works are absolutely deserving of our attention

Orchestral

Mohammed Fairouz: Symphony No. 5, LSO / Lee Reynolds

This is a piece that seems to challenge and yet to heal at the same time, with the final “Illumination” a pure expression of joy

Classical

Pianists rejoice! A full version of Wranitzky's Das Waldmädchen

The delights of the music of Paul Wranitzky continue with Volume 4 on Naxos: Das Waldmädchen

Schumann

Schumann Symphonies revealed anew

There are no booklet notes per se to this release; instead, we have five-minute talks by Norrington hismelf. What we do have written down is the approach used here: non-vinrato, orchestral layout (antiphonal for both strings - with a row of dounle-basses at the back - and for brass), for

Orchestral

Hail, Caledonia!

80 minutes of glorious entertainment!

French

Auber Orchestral Works from opera and ballet

If you haven't encountered any of Auber's music before, this is a great place to start;Dario Salvi conducts

Bruckner

Bruckner Symphony No. 4 from Thielemann

This is Thielemann's Bruckner at its finest

Christmas

Christmas Baroque from London Concertante

A lovely release from London Concertante here fo Christmas music for orchestra, with repertoire taken from the core of London Concertante [https://londonconcertante.com]'s Winter touring season. The balance of pieces here is wonderful .Yes, tehre's one of Vivaldi\s Four Seasons (unsurprisingly, "Winter), and Christmas Concertos by both

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

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 [https://www.classicalexplorer.com/bruckner-symphony-no-6/] 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

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" ...