Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra perform Florence Price’s first and third Symphonies.
Tag: Twentieth Century
Review: George Walker – Five Piano Sonatas – Steven Beck, Piano
In a new release for Bridge Records, pianist Steven Beck performs the five piano sonatas of Pulitzer Prize-winning contemporary composer, George Walker.
Year In Review – Our Top Classical Albums for 2021
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2021 comes to an end it’s time for members of The Classic Review staff to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Review: Muse – Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason
Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason perform Cello Sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Barber, along with song transcriptions.
Review: À sa guitare – Philippe Jaroussky, Thibaut Garcia
Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky and guitarist Thibaut Garcia take us through a journey of 500 years in a series of diverse works.
Review: Brahms – Symphony No. 4 – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
Continuing a distinguished collaboration, Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra perform Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 and MacMillan’s Larghetto.
Review: ’round midnight – Quatuor Ébène
Quatuor Ébène embarks on an intriguing journey through the night in a feature of works by Dutilleux, Merlin, and Schoenberg.
Review: Prokofiev – Violin Concertos Nos 1 & 2 – Tianwa Yang, Violin
Tianwa Yang is a soloist with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Sergei Prokofiev’s vibrant violin concertos.
Review: Bartók – Concerto for Orchestra and Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta – Mälkki
Susanna Mälkki and the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra continue their Bartók series with new readings of masterpieces from his final years.
Review: 12 Stradivari – Janine Jansen, Antonio Pappano
Janine Jansen collaborates with Antonio Pappano (piano) on an intriguing new album that brings together 12 of the world’s rarest violins.
