Étiquette : New release
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Kristiina Poska continues her reference recording of Beethoven’s symphonies with the Flanders Symphony Orchestra
Kristiina Poska, conducting the Flanders Symphony Orchestra, seems to have embarked on the greatest recording of Beethoven’s symphonies since Frans Brüggen, confirming this once again with a new opus featuring Symphonies Nos. 5 and 8. The first volume was devoted to Symphonies Nos. 1 and 7. It offered a brilliant interpretation of the ‘Apotheosis of…
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A refined Berlioz under the baton of Klaus Mäkelä, albeit still a little forced
It’s no secret that if there’s one name that’s been on the rise for several years now, it’s that of Klaus Mäkelä. An absolute prodigy, a pupil of Jorma Panula, an orchestral sound of total fullness, a joy no doubt linked to something intuitive, but do we really need to go over all that again?…
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Brillant Classics gives a vibrant tribute to the art of Sergio Fiorentino
‘He is the only other pianist’, said Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. This April 2025, Brillant Classics is devoting an extremely exhaustive edition – 26 CDs – to the legacy of one of the greatest Italian pianists of the twentieth century. Having devoted most of his career to teaching, Sergio Fiorentino (1927-1998) was recorded mainly at the…
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Celibidache conducts Bruckner in Munich: two previously unreleased live recordings
The Münchner Philharmoniker label recently released two Brucknerian recordings by maestro Sergiu Celibidache. As is well known, the osmosis born in 1979 from the Romanian conductor’s encounter with what was to become ‘his’ orchestra, the one through which he would finally be able to implement his precepts and aesthetic conceptions, saw the emergence of an…
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Deutsche Grammophon releases two « lost tapes » of Rudolf Serkin playing Beethoven’s « Waldstein » and « Appassionata » Sonatas
On this Friday 17th November, Deutsche Grammophon released two « lost tapes » by Rudolf Serkin, dated 1986 and 1989. The album contains two previously unreleased versions of the ‘Waldstein’ and ‘Appassionata’ sonatas, which the pianist was unable to validate. His daughter, Judith Serkin, agreed to publish these recordings, and also wrote the introductory text that appears…
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