Guitarist Ferenc Snétberger in his own Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra with the Keller String Quartet, and Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8 (ECM, 2021)
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: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra return to Beethoven, performing Symphony No.9 (“Choral”).
Review: “Songs of Comfort & Hope” – Yo Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott
Yo Yo Ma and Kathryn Stott in a program of arrangements for cello and piano.
Review: Janáček – Piano Works – Lars Vogt
Lars Vogt in a piano recital of music by Leoš Janáček: Piano Sonata, “In the Mists” and “On an Overgrown Path”.
Review: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis – René Jacobs
René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester and RIAS Kammerchor Berlin perform Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis.
Review: Bruckner – Symphonies No. 2 & 8 – Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Nelsons
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Andris Nelsons continue their Bruckner Symphonies cycle, this time with the second and eighth Symphonies.
Review: Medtner – Songs – Sofia Fomina, Alexander Karpeyev
Soprano Sofia Fomina and pianist Alexander Karpeyev perform 22 songs by Nikolai Medtner.
Review: Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 1, Symphonic Dances – Philadelphia Orchestra, Nézet-Séguin
In a first album of what will become a full cycle, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra in Rachmaninoff’s first Symphony.
Review: John Eccles – “Semele” – AAM, Perkins
A new recording of John Eccles’ rarely heard opera, “Semele”, with the Academy of Ancient Music under Julian Perkins.
Review: Bach – Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II (Excerpts) – Piotr Anderszewski
Piotr Anderszewski plays 12 Preludes and Fugues from the second book of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier.