A guide to Mahler’s Symphony No. 9, with historical background, analysis, and recommendations for the best recordings.
In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – July 2025
Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
Review: Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 3 – Yunchan Lim
Yunchan Lim plays Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, in a live recording from the Van Cliburn Competition.
Review: ‘Chopin Intime” – Justin Taylor, Pianino Pleyel 1839
Justin Taylor plays Chopin on a Pleyel Pianino from 1839, including Preludes, Nocturnes Mazurkas and Etudes.
In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – May 2025
Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
Review: Ravel – Complete Works For Solo Piano – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet performs Maurice Ravel’s complete works for solo piano.
Review: Bennett – Orchestral Works, Vol. 5 – John Wilson
John Wilson leads the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in Sir Richard Rodney Bennett’s Concerto for Orchestra, the Sonnets to Orpheus for cello and orchestra and Diversions.
Review: Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem (1868 Bremen Version) – Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano in a recreation of the 1868 Premier program of Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem.
In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – February 2025
Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
Review: The Age of Extremes – Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d’Oro
Harpsichordist and director Francesco Corti leads Il Pomo d’Oro in works by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Georg Benda.
