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Pittsburgh Symphony GRAMMY Celebration Roundup
The Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck’s GRAMMY® Awards celebrations continue — below is a list of the latest news, reviews, and interviews from around the globe: WESA Pittsburgh Interview with PSO President Melia Tourangeau Manfred Honeck Live reaction video on Sunday night! WQED Interview with Manfred Honeck Radio Vorarlberg (Austria) Interview with Maestro Honeck Vorarlberg Online (Austria) feature – From Vienna to Pittsburgh CBS Pittsburgh Celebrates Pittsburgh Tribune-Review celebrations Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Manfred Honeck, Music…
Manfred Honeck’s “Exceptional” Suites from Strauss Operas
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette offer previews of what to expect in the new Pittsburgh Symphony recording of Suites from Richard Strauss operas with reviews from the ensemble’s performances of the works: “The concert opened with Honeck’s ‘Elektra Suite,’ which the conductor created with Tomas Ille. Strauss’s opera is even more brutal, sensational and progressive in compositional style than his previous opera ‘Salome.’ His use of bitonality preceded Stravinsky’s in ‘Petrouchka’ by several years.…
Pittsburgh Symphony “Stunning” new Tchaikovsky & Dvořák Recording
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review offers a fantastic new review for Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony before they head to Europe tomorrow! “The new recording by Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, released May 13, is worth acquiring for many reasons including individual and compelling performances of both familiar and novel repertoire and stunning quality of recorded sound. … Honeck sets the context for and explains many details of his interpretation of “Pathetique” in his…
Pittsburgh Symphony’s Beethoven Provides “Personality”
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review says our new recording from the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck “provides personality, weight” to Beethoven’s Symphony Nos. 5 & 7: “The new recording of Beethoven’s Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7 by Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is exceptionally compelling, featuring true individuality, committed playing and demonstration-quality sound. …The recording of Beethoven’s Seventh retains the striking force of Honeck’s 2009 performances, including an excellent tempo relationship between the Presto Scherzo…