Review: Ravel: The Piano Concertos (Seong-Jin Cho, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons)
Elegant pianism draws these fragments into a compelling exploration.
Elegant pianism draws these fragments into a compelling exploration.
2025 is shaping up as a big one for rising conductor Leonard Weiss as he works towards his debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Muscular and mesmerising playing makes for a rewardingly satisfying listen.
Musicians and orchestral organisations worldwide remember Seiji Ozawa as a pioneering talent and "a joyful, kind, caring human being".
Culmination to a distinguished cycle is more a collection of weaker links.
The big guns are out this month with box sets from Decca and DG, but other labels have plenty on offer, including an outstanding vocal recital from Nicky Spence.
Nelsons’ Strauss: distinguished, thoughtful, and superbly played.
Nelsons and Gewandthaus enter Bruckner Pantheon with culmination of cycle.
With half the country in lockdown, this month’s focus is on music to soothe the spirit, from Mozart, Fauré and Pärt, to Jordi Savall’s Victorian Odyssey
Fifth instalment in Nelsons' cycle continues sonic splendour of predecessors.
Stars align for a stellar new work by an old master, composed for violin virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter.
Nelsons negotiates both the foothills and the peaks in triumphant Bruckner.
Andris Nelsons’ new Viennese Beethoven box blows hot and cold.