Les Musiciens du Louvre and Marc Minkowski perform Mozart’s great mass, with soloists Ana Maria Labin, Ambroisine Bré, Stanislas de Barbeyrac and Norman Patzke.
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: Finzi – Clarinet Concerto – Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 5 – Collins
Michael Collins conducts the Philharmonia Orchestra in Vaughan Williams’ Fifth Symphony, and is the soloist in Finzi’s Clarinet Concerto.
Review: Vadym Kholodenko Plays Prokofiev’s Solo Piano Music
Vadym Kholodenko, winner of the Van Cliburn Competition, performs solo works by Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 6 and “Visions Fugitives”.
Review: Zemlinsky – Die Seejungfrau – Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Albrecht
Marc Albrecht conducts the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra in Zemlinsky’s “Die Seejungfrau” – Fantasy in for large orchestra after a fairy-tale by Andersen.
Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, Choral Fantasy – Bezuidenhout, Heras-Casado
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the Freiburger Barockorchester in Beethoven “choral” Symphony. Kristian Bezuidenhout joins for the Choral Fantasy.
Review: Cantatas of the Bach Family – Benjamin Appl, Reinhard Goebel
Baritone Benjamin Appl performs Bach’s “Ich habe genug” and other Cantatas by members of the Bach family. Goebel conducts two world premieres orchestral pieces.
Review: Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 2, “Three Continents” – Jan Vogler
Cellist Jan Vogler performs Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2 with a new Concerto by three contemporary composers, named “Three Continents”.
Review: Vivaldi, Piazzolla – Four Seasons – Arabella Steinbacher
Arabella Steinbacher combines Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” with Piazzolla’s “Four Seasons of Buenos Aires”, in a new recording with the Münchener Kammerorchester.
Review: Songs By Sir Hamilton Harty – Kathryn Rudge, Christopher Glynn
This new album contains 17 new premier recording of songs by the Irish composer (Somm Recordings, 2020).
Review: Bruckner, Stravinsky – Mass for Choir and Wind – Rundfunkchor Berlin
Gijs Leenaars performs Bruckner and Stravinsky’s two Masses for choir and wind instruments, with the Rundfunkchor and Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
