Best classical music albums 2024<\/h2>Penderecki: Sacred Choral Works (Latvian Radio Choir)<\/h3>
‘Sumptuous, passionate and uplifting, Penderecki\u2019s sacred choral music spans his career. From the early avant-garde outbursts to the refreshed traditional sounds of his maturity, these expressions of often defiant piety are central to his output. Rarely, though, have they received such assured and lovingly committed performances as on this ravishing album from the Latvian Radio Choir and conductor Sigvards K\u013cava.’<\/p>
Latvian Radio Choir\/Sigvards K\u013cava Read the full review of Penderecki Sacred Choral Works<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p> This compelling release from conductor Nicholas Collon and\u00a0the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra makes clear the evolutionary exuberance of Lutos\u0142awski\u2019s creative development. Building on the Bart\u00f3k- and Stravinsky-inspired cross-rhythms and neo-baroque structures of the Concerto, he hones its lithe motivic detailing in complex rigorous forms, embracing aleatoricism, while retaining a distinctive directness\u00a0of expression.<\/p> Lutos\u0142awski Read the full review of Christian Tetzlaff’s Lutos\u0142awski recording<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p> ‘\u00a0There are other ways of performing these works, but these interpretations are utterly consistent and totally enlightening. Sound is well balanced; even though the wind are slightly set back as they would be in the concert hall, they make their personable mark from the oboe\u2019s perfect turn in Schumann\u2019s opening to the incandescent flute in Grieg\u2019s finale: pure melodic genius.’<\/p> Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano); Lucerne Symphony Orchestra\/Michael Sanderling Read the full review of Elisabeth Leonskaja’s Schumann & Grieg Piano Concertos<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p> ‘Listening intently, Kopatchinskaja<\/a><\/strong>, Bieri and Leschenko bounce exuberantly off each other, generating a vividly characterised, conversationally sophisticated tour de force. It\u2019s capped by a finale overflowing with impish snap, crackle and pop. All in all, chamber music at its most vivaciously invigorating and life-enhancing.’<\/p> Works by Bart\u00f3k, Poulenc, Schoenfield, NichiforLutos\u0142awski (Christian Tetzlaff)<\/h3>
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Take 3 (Patricia Kopatchinskaja)<\/h3>
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