Beginners Guides
Tal Agam - July 31, 2025
A guide to Mahler’s Symphony No. 9, with historical background, analysis, and recommendations for the best recordings.
David A. McConnell - February 1, 2023
A guide to Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 with historical background, analysis, and recommendations for the best recordings.
Best of
The Classic Review - October 8, 2025
The Classic Review editorial team’s recommendations for the best recordings of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet Suites.
The Classic Review - December 11, 2024
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2024 comes to an end it’s time for members of The Classic Review staff to pick their favorite albums of the year.
News
The Classic Review - September 24, 2024
Apple has updated its classical music app, with a highly anticipated feature.
The Classic Review - April 1, 2024
Emoji Scores? The ICN proposes a radical shift in musical notation.
My Collection
The Classic Review - April 4, 2025
Guitarist Carlotta Dalia answers The Classic Review’s 10 questions. Where will she most likely find inspiration? How many hours does she practice each day? And what is the classical music albums she couldn’t live without?
The Classic Review - November 22, 2024
Pianist Frank Dupree answers The Classic Review’s 10 questions. Where will he most likely find inspiration? How many hours does he study scores each day? And what are the classical music albums he couldn’t live without?
The Classic Review - February 27, 2024
Multi-keyboardist Olga Pashchenko writes for The Classic Review about three classical music albums she couldn’t live without.
The Classic Review - March 18, 2020
Soprano Sarah Traubel writes for The Classic Review about three classical music albums she couldn’t live without.
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Album Reviews
Tal Agam - October 15, 2025
Daniil Trifonov plays Tchaikovsky’s piano sonata Op. 80, “Children’s Album”, and Pletnev’s piano arrangement of “The Sleeping Beauty”.
David A. McConnell - October 6, 2025
On their second volume of Vaughan Williams symphonies, The London Symphony Orchestra and Sir Antonio Pappano perform the 5th and 9th symphonies.
David A. McConnell - September 29, 2025
Francesco Piemontesi plays Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig under Manfred Honeck.
Azusa Ueno - September 17, 2025
Jonas Kaufmann and Helmut Deutsch in Schumann’s Dichterliebe and Kerner-Lieder, with a bonus DVD featuring a staged production of Schubert’s Schwanengesang.
