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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.
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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: Grazyna Bacewicz – Orchestral Works Vol. 1 – Oramo, BBC Symphony
Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra on the first in Chandos' series focusing on Grazyna Bacewicz's orchestral works.
Album Reviews
Review: Shostakovich – Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 12 & 13 – BSO, Nelsons
This final installment of Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Shostakovich symphony cycle features No. 13 ("Babi Yar").
Album Reviews
Review: Bruckner – Symphony No. 7 – Rattle, LSO
Sir Simon Rattle continues his Bruckner cycle with the LSO, this time conducting the Seventh Symphony.
Album Reviews
Review: Bruckner – Symphony No. 8 – Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich – Paavo Järvi
In a new disc for Alpha, Paavo Järvi continues his Bruckner cycle with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, this time with Symphony No. 8.
Album Reviews
Review: Haydn – Complete Symphonies, Vol. 14 – Kammerorchester Basel, Antonini
Giovanni Antonini and Kammerorchester Basel present three “imperial” symphonies: 33, 53, and 54
Album Reviews
Review: Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra continue their collaboration in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5
Album Reviews
Review: Rachmaninoff – Symphonies 2 & 3 – Philadelphia Orchestra, Nézet-Séguin
Yannick Nézet-Séguin completes his Rachmaninoff Symphonies cycle with The Philadelphia Orchestra, performing Symphonies No. 2 & 3, with the Isle of the Dead (DG).
Album Reviews
Review: Schubert – Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 ‘Unfinished’ – Pablo Heras-Casado, Freiburger Barockorchester
Pablo Heras-Casado leads the Freiburger Barockorchester in a period-instrument performance of Schubert's Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7 ("Unfinished").