Beginners Guides
Mahler – Symphony No. 5 – A Beginner’s Guide
A guide to Mahler's Symphony No. 5 with historical background, analysis, and recommendations for the best recordings.
Romantic
Album Reviews
Review: Saint-Saëns – Lang Lang, Piano
Lang Lang presents Saint-Saëns' The Carnival of the Animals and the Second Piano Concerto with other works by Ravel, Debussy, Boulanger, and Tailleferre.
Album Reviews
Review: Brahms & Busoni – Violin Concertos – Francesca Dego
Francesca Dego plays Brahms & Busoni's Violin Concertos, accompanied by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Dalia Stasevska.
Album Reviews
Review – Mendelssohn – Cello Works – Sol Gabetta, Bertrand Chamayou
Sol Gabetta and Bertrand Chamayou perform works for cello and piano by Mendelssohn, Holliger, Rihm, Widmann, and Coll on period instruments.
Album Reviews
Review – The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 86 – Tellefsen & Kalkbrenner – Howard Shelley
Hyperion’s exploration of Romantic Piano Concertos continues with this 86th volume of Tellefsen and Kalkbrenner.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis – Savall
Following their Beethoven symphony cycle, Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations now present Beethoven’s monumental mass.
Album Reviews
Review: Sibelius – Early Orchestral Works – Susanna Mälkki
Susanna Mälkki leads the Helsinki Philharmonic in three early Sibelius works: the Karelia Suite, Rakastava, and Lemminkäinen.
Best of
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, May 2024
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review this past month.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Violin Concerto – Nemanja Radulović, Violin
Nemanja Radulović returns with his Double Sens ensemble in Beethoven's Violin Concerto and the soloist's own orchestration of the Kreutzer sonata.
Album Reviews
Review: Waves – Bruce Liu, Piano
Bruce Liu's juxtaposes works by Rameau, Ravel, and Alkan in an intriguing and exploratory program.