The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Tag: Bach
Double Review: Bach – Goldberg Variations – Papastefanou, Minnaar
A double review of two new performances of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, by Alexandra Papastefanou and Hannes Minnaar.
Review: Bach – Overtures (“Original Versions”) – Concerto Copenhagen, Mortensen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Concerto Copenhagen present what is claimed to be Bach’s “original” versions of the 4 Orchestra Suites (“Overtures”)
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, June 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: “The Brandenburg Project” – Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Thomas Dausgaard
Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra in a program of Bach’s six Brandenburg Concertos with 6 works by contemporary composers.
Review: Bach – Cantatas BWV 45, 198 (“Trauer Ode”) – Collegium Vocale Gent, Herreweghe
Philippe Herreweghe conducts Collegium Vocale Gent in his second recording of Bach’s Cantata “Trauer Ode” BWV 198, with Cantata BWV 45 and Motet 118.
Review: Bach – Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin – Augustin Hadelich
Augustin Hadelich performs Bach’s complete Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin.
Review: Bach-Busoni – Goldberg Variations, Chaconne – Chiyan Wong
Chiyan Wong performs Bach’s Goldberg Variations in the Busoni edition (1914), with the Busoni’s arrangement of Bach’s Chaconne from the second violin Partita.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, March 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
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.
