Rodney Reviews
Rodney Trudgeon will review a newly released recording on the first Thursday of every month at 11 am. There are so many new albums coming in, either as CDs or downloads, and Rodney reflects on the music and musicians.
6 Episodes
Rodney Review - 04 Jan 2024
In “Rodney Reviews” this month, Rodney featured the exciting young pianist Alice Sarah Ott. Her latest release for DG is called Echoes of Life and apart from the 24 Preludes and by Chopin, Alice includes music by Bach, Field and Silvestrov. Critics speak of her playing as being striking for…
Rodney Review - 11 Nov 2023
Todays review: "Hélène Grimaud: For Clara". This album couples Robert Schumann’s Kreisleriana Op. 16 with Brahms’s Intermezzi Op. 117 and Lieder und Gesänge Op. 32, featuring baritone Konstantin Krimmel.
Rodney Review - 7 Sept 2023
This month on Rodney Review’s it is Rachmaninoff - The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin present Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 and The Isle of the Dead. The 2 CD release will complete their two-part survey of the three symphonies and other major orchestral works and, like the first instalment…
Rodney Review - 3 Aug 2023
Rodney Reviews two masterful Schubert interpreters, Mark Padmore and Mitsuko Uchida. They have recorded Schubert’s “Schwanengesang” And Beethoven’s "An die Ferne Geliebte"
Rodney Review - 6 July 2023
Rodney Reviews: Daniel Barenboim’s – Schumann – The Symphonies with the Staatskapelle Berlin – A two CD set which was recorded during concerts.
Rodney Review - 1 June 2023
Rodney reviewed Bruce Liu: Bach: French Suite No 5 in G major – DG