Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”) – Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra
Osmo Vänskä continues his Mahler cycle with the Minnesota Orchestra, performing Symphony No. 2 ("Resurrection").
Album Reviews
Review: Maurizio Pollini Plays Chopin Op. 55-58 (2019)
Maurizio Pollini continues his Chopin recital series for Deutsche Grammophon, playing the Third Sonata, Nocturnes Op. 55, Mazurkas Op. 56 and Berceuse. The Mazurkas are new to Pollini's…
Review: Gautier Capuçon Plays Schumann
Review: Gautier Capuçon plays Schumann's Cello Concerto and chamber works with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under Bernard Haitink and Martha Argerich.
Review – Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 – Antonini, Kammerorchester Basel
Review: Giovanni Antonini with the Kammerorchester Basel complete their Beethoven Symphonies cycle with this freshly conceived account of the 9th (Sony Classical)
Review: “In a Strange Land” – Stile Antico
This album combines some seven composers, all writing in circumstances of exile. Read the review of this special album performed by the Stile Antico group.
Review: Bach Violin Concertos – Shunske Sato
Violinist Shunske Sato performs Bach's violin concertos and Double Concerto, with the period instruments group "Il Pomo D'oro".
Review – Ronald Brautigam Plays Mendelssohn’s Piano Concertos (2018)
Ronald Brautigam performs Mendelssohn Piano Concertos on period instruments, in his second version for these pieces.
Review: “Toccata” – Elisa Netzer, Harp
Elisa Netzer gives an impressive début album for Naxos, which contains old and new composers, with arrangements and original pieces written for the harp.
A Year In Review – The Top 10 Most Popular Classical Music Album Reviews Of 2018
Photo by Steven VanDesande Jr on Unsplash As we say goodbye to 2018, we took a look at our stats and checked which were the most read classical music reviews in…
Review: Tchaikovsky – Piano Concertos No. 1 & 3, Scriabin – Piano Concerto – Xiayin Wang
Review: Pianist Xiayin Wang performs Tchaikovsky's Piano Concertos No. 1 & 3, along with Scriabin rarely heard Piano Concerto.