Violinist Jack Liebeck perform Schoenberg’s and Brahms’ Violin Concertos, with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Andrew Gourlay.
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: “Memento” – Vision String Quartet Play Schubert and Mendelssohn
The vision String Quartet play Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” Quartet and Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in F Minor, Op.80 (Warner Classics, 2020).
Review: Mozart – Symphonies No. 39-41 – Ensemble Resonanz, Minasi
Ensemble Resonanz and conductor Riccardo Minasi perform Mozart’s Symphonies No. 39-41 (“Jupiter).
Review: Adès Conducts Adès – Kirill Gerstein, Piano
Thomas Adès performs two of his works with the Boston Symphony Orchestra – the Piano Concerto with soloist Kirill Gerstein and “Totentanz”.
Review: Pergolesi – Stabat Mater – Sandrine Piau, Christopher Lowrey, Rousset
Christopher Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques return to Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, with Soprano Sandrine Piau and Contralto Christopher Lowrey
Review: Grieg – Violin Sonatas – Hemsing, Trpčeski
Violinist Eldbjørg Hemsing and pianist Simon Trpčeski perform the complete Violin Sonatas by Edvard Grieg.
Review: “The Mythos Suite” – Debbie Wiseman, Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry narrates from his book “Mythos”, to music by Debbie Wiseman with the National Symphony Orchestra.
Review: Mozart – Piano Concertos, Vol 5 – Bavouzet
In the fifth volume of Bavouzet’s Mozart Piano Concertos cycle for Chandos, Bavouzet player the early Concertos No. 5 to 9 (“Jeunehomme”).
Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”) – Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and its Concertmaster Bernhard Forck present two orchestral pieces which depicts nature – Beethoven’s “Pastoral” Symphony and Knecht’s “Le portrait musical de la nature.”
Review: Chopin – 24 Preludes, Schumann – Ghost Variations – Eric Lu, Piano
Eric Lu plays Chopin’s 24 preludes and Schumann’s “Geistervariationen”, in his first solo album since winning the Leeds Piano Competition.
