Remy Franck’s review of the Alban Berg Ensemble’s debut CD for the Pizzicato Magazine:

Robert Hugill’s 5* enthusiastic and detailed review of the Alban Berg Ensemble‘s debut CD with Deutsche Grammophon doesn’t spare with superlatives:

‘revelatory’…’orgiastic’…’sophisticated and vibrant’…’beautiful and intelligent’

Michael Gmasz reviews the Alban Berg Ensemble’s debut CD on Radio Klassik Stephansdom:

‘…and the musicians of the ABEW can’t be satisfied with less than a “good thing”.’
‘Challenging music in a large chamber music ensemble, from the finest pianissimo to an almost rich orchestral sound – this is how the debut CD of the Alban Berg Ensemble Wien can be characterized in a few words.’
‘The music and above all the interpretation of the Alban Berg Ensemble Wien evoke a fascination that I can’t resist – and wouldn’t want to!’

Listen to the here (in German):

Peter Sommeregger reviews the Alban Berg Ensemble‘s debut CD for the Klassik begeistert blog:

Michel Dutrieue’s enthusiastic review of the Alban Berg Ensemble‘s debut CD in the Belgian Stretto Magazine:

‘It is striking how beautifully transparent the otherwise complex script of Mahler’s Adagio sounds. In their performance of Schönberg’s Kammersymphonie, they conjure up the correct colours from the expressionist dissonances on their instruments, and Strauss’ Rosenkavalier Suite sounds utterly “Wienerisch”…Sublime!’

Claus Fischer presents the Alban Berg Ensemble’s debut CD on MDR Kultur,
starting at 47’27” (in German):

Benoît Perrier and Ariane Haering Schmid talk on RTS Espace 2 about the upcoming debut CD of the Alban Berg Ensemble Wien at Deutsche Grammophon this July, dedicated to Vienna 1910: Truly in the spirit of Schoenberg’s ‘Privatverein’, the CD features Schoenberg’s Chamber Symphony arranged by Webern and Martyn Harry’s new arrangements of the Rosenkavalier Suite and the Adagio of Mahler’s 10th:

‘Das muss man gehört haben – nicht nur als Mahler-Fan.’

‘Den Programmplanern, die aktuell ausrechnen, wie viele Musiker auf eine Bühne passen, wenn alle den vorgeschriebenen Abstand einhalten, hat dieses Ensemble zweifellos der Himmel geschickt.’

Hagen Kunze bespricht die Debut CD des Alban Berg Ensemble’s für den Kreuzer Leipzig:

On 17th July, Deutsche Grammophon will release the debut album of the Alban Berg Ensemble Wien with a tailor made repertoire. Together with Anton Webern’s arrangement of the Schoenberg Chamber Symphony will be two new arrangements made exclusively for the ABEW by Martyn Harry: the Rosenkavalier Suite and the Adagio of the Mahler 10.

After a series of cancelations due to the Corona outbreak, the Alban Berg Ensemble Wien is very happy to be able to return to the Wiener Musikverein for their last concert in the 19/20 season on 20th June:

On 19th January 2019, Olga Prats, Jorge Moyano and Artur Pizarro, the leading Portuguese pianists of 3 generations, were joined by Nick van Bloss to celebrate Bach with all of his multiple piano concertos in front of an enthusiastic audience at the sold out main hall of the Centro Cultural de Belem in Lisbon. You can watch the concert now on RTP Palco, the new online culture platform of Portuguese Television:

‘Careddu’s endlessly divisible tonal variegation proved an object lesson in expressive range for an instrument’

Mark Berry’s review of Silvia Careddu’s performance of the Boulez Sonatine at a concert of the Boulez Ensemble in Berlin, you can read the full review here.

WDR 3 Tonart’s review of Artur Pizarro’s recording of the Poulenc concerto with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra and Thomas Rösner (in German):

Odradek is releasing this months Artur Pizarro’s recording of the Poulenc concerto with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Rösner:

‘Claudio Abbado, Adam et Ivan Fischer, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Zubin Mehta, Mariss Jansons, Theodor Guschlbauer, Bruno Weil, Mario Venzago, Jésús López Cobos furent, entre autres, ses élèves….Mais Swarowsky fut aussi un pionnier sous de nombreux aspects et il est important de ne pas oublier son nom alors que paraît un coffret indispensable chez Profil.’ (Crescendo Magazine)

‘La justesse stylistique du pianiste et l’accompagnement attentif du chef
font de cette lecture l’une des plus belles des versions contemporaines.’

Jesko Sirvend conducts the finals of the Long Thibaud Crespin competition with the Orchestre National de France on 15th and 16th November at 8pm CET at the auditorium de Radio France. Martha Argerich is the president of the jury. You can watch the finals on Medici TV:

Remy Franck’s review of Guenter Haenssler’s Swarowsky box doesn’t spare with superlatives:
‘What is striking about Swarowsky’s conducting is the transparency of the structure’
‘clarity and a cross-movement architectural thinking characterize this grandiose interpretation’
‘extremely significant’

Jesko Sirvend’s highly successful debut with the Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie in Chemnitz,
reviewed in the Freie Presse:

The Alban Berg Ensemble Wien and soprano Magdalena Anna Hofmann join writer and broadcaster Gavin Plumley to explore Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire. This visually and musically illustrated lecture-recital looks in depth at the unique fusion of cabaret, song cycle and chamber music in the composer’s 1912 masterpiece. This event is part of the Live Stream concert series from Wigmore Hall:

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