Frankfurt Radio Symphony reviews
Beethoven: Triple Concerto; Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
Andreas Ottensamer, Gil Shaham, Anne Gastinel, Nicholas Angelich; Frankfurt Radio Symphony/Paavo Järvi (Naïve)
Flute Concertos: Arnold • Ibert • Nielsen
Clara Andrada (flute); Frankfurt Radio Symphony/Jaime Martín (Ondine)
Weber: Der Freischütz
MDR Leipzig Radio Choir; Frankfurt Radio Symphony/Marek Janowski (Pentatone)
Andrés Orozco-Estrada conducts Strauss's Salome
Some claim that Richard Strauss’s Salome is a symphonic poem with voices added. That’s how Andrés Orozco-Estrada interprets it, missing the essential drive of the operatic narrative. True, many of the motifs are orchestrally led, but quite a few fit the words (‘Er ist schreklich’ – ‘he is horrible’, as Salome sings of John the Baptist; or ‘Gib mir den Kopf des Jokanaan’ – ‘give me the head of Jokanaan’).