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 23, 2024
A guide to Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”), with historical background, analysis, and recommendations for the best recordings.
Best of
The Classic Review - December 3, 2025
Discover the best classical music albums of the year (2025), handpicked by The Classic Review staff.
The Classic Review - November 10, 2025
What should you get as a Christmas gift for a classical music lover? here are 10 great ideas that will make your loved ones happy.
News
The Classic Review - November 1, 2025
Warner Classics Restores Karajan’s Berlin Recordings to Streaming, Starting on Apple Music.
The Classic Review - April 1, 2024
Emoji Scores? The ICN proposes a radical shift in musical notation.
Interviews
The Classic Review - November 19, 2025
Violinist Pavel Šporcl answers The Classic Review’s 10 questions. Where will he most likely find inspiration? How many hours does he practice each day? And what is the classical music albums he couldn’t live without?
The Classic Review - February 5, 2025
Pianist Lise de la Salle 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 - August 22, 2024
Pianist Anna Fedorova answers The Classic Review’s 10 questions.
Where will she most likely find inspiration, how many hours does she practice a day, and what are the classical music albums she couldn’t live without.
The Classic Review - April 21, 2020
Pianist Umberto Jacopo Laureti writes for The Classic Review about three classical music albums he couldn’t live without.
Album Reviews
Azusa Ueno - February 4, 2026
Giorgi Gigashvili plays Prokofiev’s “War Sonatas” for piano. Violinist Lisa Batiashvili joins in two short pieces.
Azusa Ueno - January 26, 2026
Piotr Anderszewski plays a selection of late works by Brahms.
David A. McConnell - January 18, 2026
Edward Gardner completes his Brahms symphonies cycle with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
Tal Agam - December 28, 2025
Mikhail Pletnev plays Chopin’s Op. 28 and Scriabin’s Op. 11 Preludes for piano.
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 23, 2024
A guide to Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”), with historical background, analysis, and recommendations for the best recordings.
Azusa Ueno - June 12, 2021
A guide to Debussy’s two books of Préludes, with background, analysis and recommendations for the best recordings.
The Classic Review - July 6, 2020
Where to start when you want to get to know the music of Bach, one of the leading figures in the late Baroque era? Here are 10 pieces which represent a good place to start if one wants to get familiar with Bach’s music.
