CD of the week April

NELSON FREIRE – LISZT: HARMONIES DU SOIR

18 – 22 April
NELSON FREIRE – LISZT: HARMONIES DU SOIR
Decca 478 2728

Widely acclaimed as an exceptional interpreter of the music of Liszt, Nelson Freire plays his own wide-ranging selection of works by the great-composer pianist, from the grandly opulent early works to the bitter-sweet melodies of his later years.

 

DANIEL HOPE – THE ROMANTIC VIOLINIST 11 – 15 April
DANIEL HOPE – THE ROMANTIC VIOLINIST
A Celebration of Joseph Joachim
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Sakari Oramo, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 477 9301

Master violinist Daniel Hope pays tribute to the legendary 19th century violinist-composer Joseph Joachim – a protégé of Mendelssohn and Liszt – who inspired the violin masterpieces of Brahms, Robert and Clara Schumann, Bruch, Dvořák and many others.

YUJA WANG – RACHMANINOV

4 – 8 April
YUJA WANG – RACHMANINOV
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Claudio Abbado, conductor
Deutsche Grammophon 477 9308

In her first recording with orchestra, Gramophone Award-winning pianist Yuja Wang – with Maestro Claudio Abbado and the superb Mahler Chamber Orchestra – plays two of the best-loved works in the Romantic repertoire, the challenging Rachmaninov Piano Concerto no 2 and the daunting Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op 43.

RICHARD GALLIANO – BACH 19 – 23 April 
RICHARD GALLIANO – BACH 
DG 480 3341

French jazz accordionist Richard Galliano records his first classical album on Deutsche Grammophon, devoted to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. For this album Galliano has chosen works originally written for cello, oboe, violin, keyboard and flute and has arranged them for piano accordion and a five piece ensemble.