Nelson Brill reviews the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck’s Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 and Leshnoff: Double Concerto recording on Boston Concert Reviews: “This new classical gem is from another gifted composer, Jonathan Leshnoff, in his delectable exploration of the unique sounds created when a solo clarinet and bassoon join forces with a sparkling orchestra. Leshnoff’s Concerto For Clarinet and Bassoon is performed by the venerable Pittsburgh Symphony conducted by their Music Director, Manfred Honeck, and recorded on…
Writer Nelson Brill has two new reviews of our recordings from The Hermitage Piano Trio and the Concord Chamber Music Society recorded at Mechanics Hall: “here we have the deep, soulful meditations of Rachmaninoff played with elemental and unflinching power by the Hermitage. For instance, the final movement to Rachmaninoff’s Trio Elegiaque no. 2 is a searing example of how violinist Misha Keylin, cellist Sergey Antonov and pianist Ilya Kazantsev combine into one intense vehicle to reveal…
Boston Concert Reviews is exploring “The Glory of the String Quartet” in a new series on Classical Music Concerts and includes a great review of Quartet San Francisco’s A QSF Journey recording: “A beautiful, spacious recording from this eminent audiophile label and its brilliant recording team, ensnaring all of the sparkle, flair and tactile glory of this intrepid string quartet in flight in their eclectic global program. The arrangements are opulent and colorful. … The…
Order Now “Out of Australia comes the devastating, gorgeous acoustic blues of Fiona Boyes, a women who has garnered countless Blues Foundation nominations and now confidently hits us between the ears with her new release, Professin’ the Blues, on the venerable Reference Recordings (“RR”) label.… Fiona’s “Professin’ is nothing short of a sonic spectacular from the Prof and the RR team.… Boyes’ music speaks in tough, switchblade sharp fashion (of craggy hard times in love…
“These performances are ravishing in their expansive sound and buoyancy. Each movement brings new gifts to explore: the expressive weight of the strings (all vibrant tones and capacious plucks); the ringing out of brass choruses thunderous and deep in the stage or the highest piccolo leaps tremulous and fragile. Honeck has the orchestra working with great alertness as to each intrepid moment in Beethoven’s brilliant writing. … This is a superb recording, especially in its…
Nelson Brill of Boston Concert Reviews isn’t just listening to Doug MacLeod‘s Exactly Like This, he’s listening for what’s coming next: “The blues are storytelling personified and there is no one as agile and wily in telling the blues as Doug MacLeod, 2014 winner of the Blues Music Awards for Acoustic Artist of the Year and perennial favorite here at bostonconcertreviews. Macleod has just released his latest recording on Reference Recordings, entitled Exactly Like This.…
In a new listing of reviews titled, “Flamenco Inspiration Taken to New Musical Places,” Boston Concert Reviews features the Andrés Segovia Archive: Spanish Composers release by Roberto Moronn Pérez: “One final audiophile recording recommendation that transports Spanish music and dance traditions into a new and beautiful place is Spanish guitarist Roberto Moronn Perez’s recording, Andres Sepovia Archive – Spanish Composers… The recording is excellent and allows the listener to lean into Perez’s quiet artistry: following…