Malcolm Hayes
Recent articles by Malcolm Hayes
Sibelius: Karelia Suite; Rakastava; Lemminkäinen
N Boulanger • Fauré • Hahn: Concertos
Kodály's Háry János: the story of the folk opera and its best recordings
We name the best recordings of Kodály’s Háry János orchestral suite, an enthralling swashbuckling tale of a Hungarian folk hero
Classical music inspired by weather, thunderstorms, wind and the drama of nature
Musical storms, real and metaphorical, are often a composer’s calling card says Malcolm Hayes, who guides us through some of the most vivid
Mozart: Symphonies Nos 36 & 38
Mozart: Symphonies Nos 29, 40; Oboe Concerto
Storm und Drang, Vol. 3
Infinite Voyage
Britten • Elgar: Violin Concerto etc
Michael Barenboim (violin); Philharmonia Orchestra/Alessandro Crudele (Linn Records)
Transfigured (Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective)
Francesca Chiejina (soprano); Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective (Chandos)
Mozart: Serenades Nos 4 & 6 etc
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg/Roberto González-Monjas (Berlin Classics)
Charles-Valentin Alkan: the hermit who composed devilishly difficult piano works
A performer who became a hermit, Charles-Valentin Alkan wrote the most demanding piano works in history, says Malcolm Hayes
Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin (Hahn)
Hilary Hahn (violin) (DG)
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 20, 21, 23, 27
Elizabeth Sombart (piano); Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Pierre Vallet (Rubicon)
Mozart: Violin Sonatas etc (R Capuçon/Armstrong)
Renaud Capuçon (violin), Kit Armstrong (piano) (DG)
Mahler: Symphony No. 9 (Minnesota/Vänskä)
Minnesota Orchestra/Osmo Vänskä (BIS)
Debussy: Préludes, Book 1 etc (Gasparian)
Jean-Paul Gasparian (piano) (Naïve)
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 (Czech Phil/Bychkov)
Christiane Karg (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano); Prague Philharmonic Choir; Czech Philharmonic/Semyon Bychkov (Pentatone)
Scriabin: Symphony No. 2; The Poem of Ecstasy
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/JoAnn Falletta (Naxos)
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1
London Symphony Orchestra /Gianandrea Noseda (LSO Live)
Mozart: Symphonies Nos 1 & 41; Piano Concerto No. 43
Il Pomo d’Oro/Maxim Emelyanychev (piano) (Aparté)
Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 7 (Bavouzet)
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano); Manchester Camerata/Gábor-Takács Nagy (Chandos)
Mozart: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 6 (Donohoe)
Peter Donohoe (piano) (SOMM Recordings)
Mozart: The Prussian Quartets
Chiaroscuro Quartet (BIS)