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Review: Bach – Johannes Passion – Pygmalion, Pichon
Bach's Johannes-Passion, BWV 245, performed by Ensemble Pygmalion with Julian Prégardien as Evangelist, conducted by Raphaël Pichon.
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Review: Bach, Mozart, Britten – Piano Concertos – Martin James Bartlett
Martin James Bartlett plays Bach's keyboard concerto No. 1, Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9, and Britten's "Young Appolo". With the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg under Howard Griffiths.
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Review: Bach – Goldberg Variations – Yunchan Lim, Piano
In a live recording from Carnegie Hall, Yunchan Lim plays Bach's Goldberg Variations.
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Review: Bach – Cantatas BWV 4, 106, 131 – Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Sébastien Daucé leads Ensemble Correspondances in Bach's cantatas BWV 4, 106, 131.
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Year In Review – The Best Classical Music Albums, 2025
Discover the best classical music albums of the year (2025), handpicked by The Classic Review staff.
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Review: “Baroque Encores” – David Fray, Piano
David Fray in works by Bach, Handel, Rameau, Scarlatti and Couperin.
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Review: “Opus 109” – Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano
Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach's sixth keyboard partita, Beethoven's piano sonatas Op. 90 & 109, and Schubert's Piano Sonata D. 566.
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In Short – 5 Recent Bach Albums – November 2025
Five recent Bach albums by Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Martin Fröst, Isabelle Faust, Inbal Megiddo, and Antoine Morinière & Thibaut Garcia.
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In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – December 2025
Brief reviews of five recent classical albums: Bach Cantatas with Ensemble Correspondances and Sébastien Daucé, the Nash Ensemble play Ravel, Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 with the National Symphony…
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Review: Bach – The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 – Mahan Esfahani, Harpsichord
Mahan Esfahani plays the first book of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier on the harpsichord.