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Review: Bruch – String Quintets & Octet – WDR Sinfonieorchester Chamber Players
Three chamber works for strings by Max Bruch with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Chamber Players.
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Review: Saint-Saëns – Symphonies No. 1 & 2 – Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Kantorow
Jean-Jacques Kantorow continues his journey with Saint-Saëns, this time conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège in the early Symphonies No. 1 and 2, and the youthful Symphony…
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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.
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Review: Brahms – Piano Concertos – András Schiff, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
András Schiff plays and conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Brahms' two Piano Concertos, using period instruments.
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Review: Four Recent Chopin Albums (2021)
Every month, there are numerous Chopin recordings being released. Tal Agam writes about four new Chopin albums worthy of attention.
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Review: Schumann – Complete Piano Trios, Piano Quartet, Piano Quintet – Trio Wanderer
Trio Wanderer in Schumann's complete piano trios, with the Piano Quintet and Quartet.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, May 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
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Review: Lise Davidsen – Beethoven, Verdi, Wagner
Soprano Lise Davidsen in works for soprano and orchestra with the London Philharmonic under Sir Mark Elder.
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Review: “Proust, Le Concert Retrouvé” – Théotime Langlois De Swarte, Tanguy De Williencourt
A recreation of a salon concert organized by writer Marcel Proust in 1907, played on period instruments.
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Review: Bruckner – Symphonies No. 2 & 8 – Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Nelsons
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig Andris Nelsons continue their Bruckner Symphonies cycle, this time with the second and eighth Symphonies.