Greg Keane

Recent articles by Greg Keane

Mahler: Symphony No 1 (Alsop)

Marin’s Mahler a fine offering amid a steady stream of releases.

Sibelius: Symphonies 1 & 4 (Vänska)

Absolute sub-zero Sibelius still leaves us on a high.

Rachmaninov: Symphony No 2

Liverpool scores a goal with their Russian maestro’s Rachmaninov 2.

Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Solti Remastered)

Twilight of the records: they just don’t make ‘em like this anymore.

Mahler: Symphony No 2 (MSO)

Melbourne does Mahler: an Australian Resurrection.

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphonies No 1–3 (LSO/Valery Gergiev)

Russian roulette pays off – Gergiev gambles with his countryman’s lesser-known symphonies

SCHUBERT: Piano Trios in B major

Chamber playing at its finest in this Schiff family affair.

Top 12 great symphonies you probably haven't heard

Our critics unearth 12 symphonic masterworks overlooked by history.

TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No 5, SHOSTAKOVICH Festival Overture (Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse/Sokhiev)

Young Russian impresses with this underrated French orchestra.

RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 2 (MSO/Otaka)

A first-rate Second: Otaka and MSO are highly recommended.

BEETHOVEN: Missa Solemnis (LPO/Eschenbach)

London Philharmonic Orchestra is in sizzling and quite virtuosic form.

RACHMANINOV: Symphony No 3, Caprice Bohemien, Vocalise (RLPO/Petrenko)

Petrenko has whipped the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic into shape for this disc of Russian fireworks.

RUSSIAN FANTASY (Vladimir & Vovka Ashkenazy)

It’s a family affair: Ashkenazy and son are a fine duo.

BRIAN: Gothic Symphony (Massed choirs, soloists, BBC NO Wales and Concert Orch/Brabbins)

Attempting to do this work justice in a normal review is a bit like trying to inscribe The Bible on the head of a pin.

The Top 10 One-Hit Wonders in classical music

Know the tune, but can’t think who composed it? Meet 10 members of classical music’s one-hit club.

MAHLER arr SCHOENBERG/RIEHN: Song of the Earth (Manchester Camerata/Boyd)

This hauntingly beautiful chamber reading of Mahler's Song of the Earth soars.

WALTON: Symphonies Nos 1-2, Siesta (BBC Scottish SO/Brabbins)

These excellent performances shed new light on Walton's lesser-known Second Symphony.

TCHAIKOVSKY: The Nutcracker (Russian National Orchestra/Pletnev)

Pletnev doesn’t crack it: a somewhat run-of-the-mill Nutcracker.

SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphonies Nos 6,12 (Royal LiverpoolPO/Petrenko)

Not even Petrenko can do much with the turkey that is the Twelfth Symphony.

WAGNER: Meistersinger – an orchestral tribute (Royal Scottish National Orch/Jarvi)

I would recommend this CD only to the pathologically curious or Wagner completists.
 
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