Raphaël Pichon leads Pygmalion and soloists in Bach’s Mass in B Minor.
Category: Album Reviews
Unveiling the newest in classical music! The Classic Review’s Album Reviews offer insightful critiques of recent releases. Explore a range of artists, ensembles, and repertoire – all expertly analyzed for music lovers, new and experienced. Discover your next favorite recording here.
Review: Ravel – Complete Works For Solo Piano – Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet performs Maurice Ravel’s complete works for solo piano.
Review: Dvořák and Price – Piano Quintet – Takács Quartet, Marc-André Hamelin
Marc-André Hamelin joins the Takács Quartet in Dvořák and Price’s piano quintets.
Review: Puccini – Tosca – Buratto, Tetelman, Tézier, Orchestra & Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Harding
Daniel Harding leads the Orchestra & Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Puccini’s Tosca, with Jonathan Tetelman, Eleonora Buratto, and Ludovic Tézier in the leading roles.
Review: Bach – Keyboard Concertos – Beatrice Rana
Pianist Beatrice Rana lead the Amsterdam Sinfonietta in Bach’s keyboard concertos.
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.
Notable Classical Music Box Sets, March 2025
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Review: “Preludes” – Jan Lisiecki, Piano
Jan Lisiecki plays preludes by Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Bach, Messiaen and Górecki.
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 5 – Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi leads the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich in Mahler’s symphony No. 5, the first release of a new Mahler cycle.
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.
