Jérémie Rhorer leads Le Cercle de l’Harmonie and Audi Jugendchorakademie in Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis.
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 Piano Works – Seong-Jin Cho
Seong-Jin Cho in a 2-CD set of the compete solo piano works by Maurice Ravel.
Review: Schubert – Piano Sonata D. 958, Impromptus D. 935 – Aimi Kobayashi
Aimi Kobayashi plays Schubert’s Piano Sonata in C Minor (D. 958) and the four Impromptus (D. 935).
Review: Ruth Gipps – Orchestral Works, Vol. 3 – BBC Philharmonic, Rumon Gamba
Rumon Gamba leads the BBC Philharmonic in the third volume of Ruth Gipps’ orchestral works. Martin Owen is the soloist in the Horn Concerto.
Notable Classical Music Box Sets, January 2025
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Review: Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tsfasman – Works For Piano and Orchestra – Zlata Chochieva
Zlata Chochieva plays works for piano and orchestra by Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Tsfasman, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Karl-Heinz Steffens.
Review: Concert de Chausson, Quintette de Vierne – Le Sage, Kashimoto, Schumann Quartett
Eric Le Sage (piano) Daishin Kashimoto (violin) and the Schumann Qaurtett play Chausson’s ‘Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet’ and Vierne’s Quintet.
Double Review: Bruckner – Symphonies No. 4 & 7 – Heras-Casado, Jurowski
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Anima Eterna in symphony No. 4 (“Romantic”), and Vladimir Jurowski conducts the RSO Berlin in symphony No. 7
Review: Brahms – Cello Sonatas – Alisa Weilerstein, Inon Barnatan
Alisa Weilerstein and Inon Barnatan plays Brahms’ two cello sonatas and an arrangement of the first violin sonata.
Review: Rózsa and Bartók – Violin Concertos – Roman Simovic
Roman Simovic performs Rózsa and Bartók’s Violin Concertos, with the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Simon Rattle and Kevin John Edusei.
