Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Shostakovich’s cello concerto No. 2 and cello sonata, along a cello sonata by Britten.
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: 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.
Review: Scriabin – Vers la Flamme – Yevgeny Sudbin, Piano
Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin presents a Scriabin program, including Vers la flamme, piano sonatas No. 4 & 10, preludes and etudes.
Review: Shostakovich – The Piano Concertos, Solo Works – Yuja Wang
Yuja Wang performs Shostakovich’s two piano concertos and solo works, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons.
Review: Brahms – Complete Symphonies – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, John Eliot Gardiner
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in his second recording of the complete Brahms symphonies.
Review: Mozart – Haffner-Akademie – Anna Prohaska, Ensemble Resonanz, Riccardo Minasi
Mozart’s opera arias and the Haffner symphony, performed by Soprano Anna Prohaska with Ensemble Resonanz under Riccardo Minasi.
In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – May 2025
Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
Double Review: Steinbacher and Benedetti play Beethoven’s Violin Concerto
Arabella Steinbacher and Nicola Benedetti in two new albums that include Beethoven’s violin concerto. Steinbacher adds a new violin concerto by Georges Lentz.
Review: ‘Beethoven 5, Vol. 3’ – Jonathan Biss
Jonathan Biss continues his Beethoven piano concertos cycle, with the second concerto, adding Timo Andres’ ‘the Blind Banister’.
