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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, November 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Orchestral
Album Reviews
Review: Bruckner – Symphony No. 8 – Vienna Philharmonic, Thielemann
On the first of what to become a full Bruckner cycle with the Vienna Philharmonic, Christian Thielemann conducts the Eighth Symphony in the Haas edition.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 – Les Siècles, Roth
François-Xavier Roth conducts Les Siècles in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and Gossec's "Symphonie à Dix-Sept Parties".
Album Reviews
Review: Franz Schmidt – Complete Symphonies – Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi conducts the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra in Franz Schmidt's Complete Symphonies. An in-depth review of the new performance and how it compares to past recordings.
Album Reviews
Review: Elgar – Sea Pictures, Falstaff – Garanča, Staatskapelle Berlin, Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim returns to Elgar's Falstaff and Sea Pictures in a new live recording with the Staatskapelle Berlin and soprano Elīna Garanča.
Best of
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, September 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Album Reviews
Review: “John Williams in Vienna” – Mutter, Vienna Philharmonic, Williams
The Vienna Philharmonic plays John Williams' theme music from iconic movies, with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and conducted by the composer.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Symphonies No. 1-5 – Le Concert des Nations, Savall
Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations present the first volume of their Beethoven complete Symphonies cycle, with Symphonies 1-5.
Album Reviews
Review: Brahms – Symphony No. 4 – Swedish Chamber Orchestra, Dausgaard
Thomas Dausgaard and the Swedish Chamber Orchestra perform Brahms' Symphony No.4, with the Tragic Overture and a new arrangement of nine Hungarian Dances.
Beginners Guides
Mahler – Symphony No. 1 (“Titan”) – A Beginners Guide
A guide to Mahler's First Symphony, with background, analysis and recommendations for the best recordings.