Daniel Harding Archive

MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 in D Major – Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Daniel Harding – Harmonia mundi
Daniel Harding realization of Mahler’s last symphony presents the work as an ongoing miracle and paradox of sound and sensibility. MAHLER: Symphony No. 9 in D Major – Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Daniel Harding – Harmonia mundi HMM 902258, 82:37 (3/23/18) [Distr. PIAS] ****: Amidst a personal world of increased uncertainty and loss—the death of […]

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in d; Four Ballades – Paul Lewis, p./ Swedish Radio Sym. Orch./ Daniel Harding – Harmonia mundi
Power and poetry infuse every measure of the Brahms works including a gripping version of the Concerto. BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No. 1 in d, Op. 15; Four Ballades, Op. 10 – Paul Lewis, p./ Swedish Radio Sym. Orch./ Daniel Harding – Harmonia mundi HMC 902191, 72:12 (4/15/16) ****: “A concerto that has quite enraptured me […]

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor”; SCHUMANN: Fantasy in C Major – Yundi, p./ Berlin Philharmonic/ Daniel Harding – DGG
Chinese virtuoso Yundi performs Beethoven and Schumann passionately and aggressively, likely not suited to veteran tastes.

TURNAGE: From the Wreckage; Speranza – London Symphony Orch./ Daniel Harding – LSO Live
Well-played contemporary works by an up-and-coming British star composer.

DVORAK: Cello Concerto in B Minor; Lasst mich allein; Cello Concerto Orig. Ending; Cello Concerto in A Major – Steven Isserlis, cello/ Mahler Ch. Orch./ Daniel Harding – Hyperion
Cello virtuoso Steven Isserlis finally has his fateful encounter with the Dvorak Concerto, supplementing the melodic colossus with pieces of historical and musical fascination.

BARTOK: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 – Isabelle Faust, violin/ Swedish Radio Sym. Orch./ Daniel Harding – Harmonia mundi
Isabelle Faust and Daniel Harding perform ‘labors of love” for the two Bartok violin concertos, performances as rich in character as they are in authenticity and inspired musical scholarship.