In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – May 2025
Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
Album Reviews
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'.
Review: Wagner – Der fliegende Holländer – Lise Davidsen, Gerald Finley, Edward Gardner
Lise Davidsen and Gerald Finley take on the leading roles in Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer, conducted by Edward Gardner.
Review: Michael Daugherty – Blue Electra – Anne Akiko Meyers, Albany Symphony, David Alan Miller
The Albany Symphony under David Alan Miller perform works by Michael Daugherty, including a violin concerto with violinist Anne Akiko Meyers.
Review: Liszt – Via Crucis & Solo Works – Leif Ove Andsnes
Leif Ove Andsnes performs Liszt's Consolations and late religious works with The Norwegian Soloists’ Choir.
Review: Bach – Mass in B Minor – Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Raphaël Pichon leads Pygmalion and soloists in Bach's Mass in B Minor.
Review: Brahms – Piano Quartets No. 2 & 3 – Zimerman, Nowak, Budnik, Okamoto
Krystian Zimerman joins Maria Nowak, Katarzyna Budnik and Yuya Okamoto in Brahms' piano quartets No. 2 and 3.
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.