Bamberg Symphony Orchestra reviews
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 (Bamberg/Hrůša )
Anna Lucia Richter (soprano); Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/Jakub Hrůša (Accentus)
Bartók • Martinů: Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2, etc
Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin); Bamberg Symphony Orchestra/Jakub Hrůša (BIS)
A masterful performance of two Czech concertos
‘Kahánek’s scrupulous attention to the dynamic markings results in a clear-textured performance of rare delicacy’
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Nils Mönkemeyer explores works for viola by Bruch, Pärt and Walton
Walton’s vibrant Viola Concerto is best heard in his final, pared-down 1961 scoring. That’s the choice of viola player Nils Mönkemeyer and conductor Markus Poschner, whose wonderfully clear account is gilded by the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra’s spangled brass and refined winds. The German virtuoso lavishes affection on the opening Andante commodo, bringing out all its sensuous melancholy in one, long-breathed utterance.