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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.
Orchestral
Album Reviews
Review: Strauss – Ein Heldenleben, Burleske – Chamayou, Pappano
Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Strauss' Ein Heldenleben and Burleske, with pianist Bertrand Chamayou.
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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.
Album Reviews
Review: Bruckner – Symphony No. 3 – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Thielemann
Christian Thielemann continues his ongoing Bruckner cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, this time in Symphony No. 3, recorded at the Musikverein.
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Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) – Les Siècles, Roth
François-Xavier Roth conducts Les Siècles in Beethoven’s Third Symphony and an overture by Étienne-Nicolas Méhul.
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Review: Vaughan Williams – Symphonies No. 4 & 6 – LSO, Pappano
Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Vaughan Williams' Symphonies No. 4 and 6.
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Review: Beethoven – Symphony 5, 7 – musicAeterna, Teodor Currentzis
Teodor Currentzis conducts the period instruments group musicAeterna in Beethoven's Symphonies 5 and 7. A review of both albums.
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Review: Ravel – Orchestral Music – Basque National Orchestra, Robert Trevino
Robert Trevino conducts the Basque National Orchestra in Ravel orchestral works, including Bolero, La Valse and Rapsodie espagnole.
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Review: Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2 – London Symphony Orchestra, Rattle
Simon rattle returns to Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 with the London Symphony Orchestra, on a new live recording from Barbican Hall.
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Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra return to Beethoven, performing Symphony No.9 ("Choral").