Nobuyuki Tsujii plays Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, and Pletnev’s piano arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. With the Liverpool Philharmonic under Domingo Hindoyan.
Tag: Romantic
Review: Brahms – Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4 – Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Edward Gardner
Edward Gardner completes his Brahms symphonies cycle with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
Review: Scriabin & Chopin – 24 Preludes – Mikhail Pletnev, Piano (2025)
Mikhail Pletnev plays Chopin’s Op. 28 and Scriabin’s Op. 11 Preludes for piano.
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.
Review: Radu Lupu – The Unreleased Recordings
6-CD box set of previously unreleased recordings by pianist Radu Lupu.
Double Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”) – Kahchun Wong, Simone Young
Review of two new recordings of Mahler’s second symphony. Kahchun Wong conducts the Hallé Orchestra, and Simone Young conducts the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
Notable Classical Music Box Sets, November 2025
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Review: Berlioz – Symphonie fantastique, Le carnaval romain – Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Rafael Payare
Rafael Payare conducts Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal in Berlioz’s Le carnaval romain and Symphonie fantastique
Review: Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem – Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Raphaël Pichon conducts Pygmalion in Brahms’s “A German Requiem”, with baritone Stéphane Degout and soprano Sabine Devieilhe.
Review: Dvořák – Slavonic Dances – Czech Philharmonic, Sir Simon Rattle
Sir Simon Rattle conducts the Czech Philharmonic in Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances.
