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Top 10 – Ravel – Boléro – The Best Recordings
The Classic Review editorial team's recommendations for the 10 best recordings of Ravel's Boléro.
Twentieth Century
Album Reviews
Review: Daniil Trifonov – Mi Historia Americana: Sur
Daniil Trifonov plays works by Ginastera, Villa-Lobos, Golijov and other Latin Amrican composers.
Best of
Top 10 – Orff – Carmina Burana – The Best Recordings
The Classic Review editorial team's recommendations for the 10 best recordings of Orff's Carmina Burana.
Album Reviews
Review: “Contes” – Sandrine Piau, David Kadouch
Soprano Sandrine Piau and pianist David Kadouch perform fairy-tale songs and lullabies by Bernard, Hahn, Ravel, Wolf, Strauss and Shostakovich.
Album Reviews
In Short – 5 New Piano Albums – October 2026
Five new piano albums by Lucas Debargue (Gershwin), Klára Würtz (Beethoven), Aaron Pilsan (Chopin), Kit Armstrong (Piano Chronicles), and Minsoo Sohn (Bach).
Best of
Top 10 – Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5 – The Best Recordings
The Classic Review editorial team's recommendations for the 10 best recordings of Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5.
Album Reviews
Review: “Homage to Heifetz” – María Dueñas, Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
María Dueñas plays Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole and Korngold’s Violin Concerto with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra under Gustavo Dudamel.
Album Reviews
Review: “Mujer Fatal” – Aigul Akhmetshina – Mezzo-Soprano, Antonio Pappano, Piano
Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina and pianist Antonio Pappano perform songs by Montsalvatge, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin and others on 'Mujer Fatal'.
Album Reviews
Review: “Sir!” – Elgar – Cello Concerto, Bruch – Kol Nidrei – Astrig Siranossian
Astrig Siranossian plays Elgar's Cello Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra and François-Xavier Roth, and Britten's Cello Sonata with Nathanaël Gouin.
Album Reviews
Review – Piano Postcards – Stephen Hough
Stephen Hough plays Piano Postcards, a recital of miniatures and his own transcriptions of Disney songs, Rachmaninoff, Chaminade and folk tunes.