Archive for Nick Barnard
Pittsburgh Symphony’s Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 a MusicWeb International Recording of the Year
MusicWeb International Critic Nick Barnard names the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck’s Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 a 2019 Recording of the Year! “Manfred Honeck is a consistently challenging and inspiring conductor. Certainly, his superb Pittsburgh players sound inspired. Deeply considered and superbly rendered this is a performance of visionary magnificence. Backed up by Reference’s state of the art recording.” —Nick Barnard, MusicWeb International See Nick Barnard’s original review from MusicWeb International RR Amazon iTunes Arkiv…
Pittsburgh Symphony’s New Beethoven and Strauss is a “Triumph”
MusicWeb International‘s Nick Barnard has a new rave review for Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s Beethoven: Symphony No. 3; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 recording: “Regardless of the repertoire he records, I look forward to new discs from Manfred Honeck as being deeply considered, as insightful as they are intelligent and above all stimulating. And in his regular collaborators, the audibly inspired Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the superb engineering and production team of…
Shostakovich/Barber a MusicWeb Recording of the Year
Add MusicWeb International Recording of the Year to the growing list of accolades for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5; Barber: Adagio recording! “I find this interpretation of a so familiar symphony to be as convincing as it is revelatory. The Pittsburgh Symphony show themselves to be in inspired and virtuosic form under conductor Manfred Honeck who makes unconventional but inspired interpretative choices. Reference Recordings provide a recording of superb…