Brief reviews of five recent classical albums: Bach Cantatas with Ensemble Correspondances and Sébastien Daucé, the Nash Ensemble play Ravel, Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 with the National Symphony Orchestra under Gianandrea Noseda, Haydn’s Op. 76 String Quartets with Quatuor Arod, and Mikhail Pletnev in Preludes by Chopin and Scriabin.
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: Avril Coleridge-Taylor – Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works – Ege, BBC Philharmonic, Andrews
Samantha Ege, the BBC Philharmonic and John Andrews perform Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s Piano Concerto and orchestral works.
Review: “Baroque Encores” – David Fray, Piano
David Fray in works by Bach, Handel, Rameau, Scarlatti and Couperin.
Streaming Finds: Neumann’s Late Mahler Cycle (Canyon Label)
Václav Neumann’s late Mahler cycle on the Canyon label is available for streaming.
Review: “Opus 109” – Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano
Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach’s sixth keyboard partita, Beethoven’s piano sonatas Op. 90 & 109, and Schubert’s Piano Sonata D. 566.
Review: Radu Lupu – The Unreleased Recordings
6-CD box set of previously unreleased recordings by pianist Radu Lupu.
Review: Rachmaninoff – The Bells, Elgar – Falstaff – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Rachmaninoff’s “The Bells” and Elgar’s “Falstaff”.
Review: Mendelssohn, Bruch – Violin Concertos, Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending – Johan Dalene
Johan Dalene plays Mendelssohn’s & Bruch’s Violin Concertos, with an arrangement of Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending for violin and choir.
Double Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”) – Kahchun Wong, Simone Young
Review of two new recordings of Mahler’s second symphony. Kahchun Wong conducts the Hallé Orchestra, and Simone Young conducts the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Review: Tchaikovsky – Symphonies No. 5 and 6 (Pathétique) – London Philharmonic Orchestra, Karina Canellakis
Karina Canellakis conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s symphonies No. 5 & 6 (“Pathétique”).
