Crescendo Magazin, Belgique (01/01/2016):

Fanfare Archive (12/12/2015):

In the long-vanished heyday of High Fidelity magazine (or was it HiFi/Stereo Review?), one of the critics wondered aloud: "How was it that the man who was, at a guess, the 11th best French composer of his time parlayed a gift for sugary melody into one of the most popular operas ever written?" Although its vise-like grip on the world?s imagination has begun to loosen since the 1950s?though in terms of worldwide performances, it still figures firmly in Opera?s Top 40?Faust does have more than its share of apparently deathless tunes, something which cannot be said of its composer?s two symphonies.

Written during Gounod?s first flush of enthusiasm for the German symphony?sparked, in part, by his having met Fanny Mendelssohn during his time at the Villa Medici as a winner of the Prix de Rome?the Symphony No. more...

The Infodad Team (07/16/2015):

(?) The symphonic production of Charles Gounod is far more modest, and occurred in an environment quite different from that affecting Schumann and Brahms. See reviews for this production

NDR-Kultur, Welt der Musik (07/03/2016):

ConcertoNet (04/18/2016):

(?) Le dernier disque associe Evgueni Koroliov (né en 1949) ? son épouse, la pianiste d?origine macédonienne Ljupka Hadzigeorgieva (née en 1948). more...

Artamag (11/10/2015):

Evgeni Koroliov et Ljupka Hadžigeorgieva consacrent tout un album aux ?uvres pianistiques ? trois ou quatre mains signées par Stravinski. more...

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www.audio.de (06/01/2016):

Klassik heute (10/22/2015):

Zugegeben, der Kontrabass ist nicht gerade das zugkräftigste Soloinstrument. more... ...]]>