We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2024 comes to an end it’s time for members of The Classic Review staff to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Tag: Twentieth Century
Review: Debussy – “Images” – Piano Works – Saskia Giorgini
Saskia Giorgini in piano works by Debussy, including the two books of Images, Estampes, Pour le Piano and Deux arabesques.
Review: Schoenberg & Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande – Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi conducts the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra in two version of Pelléas et Mélisande, by Schoenberg and Fauré
Review: Sibelius – Violin Concerto – Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 1 – Jansen, Mäkelä
In her first concerto recording in nine years, Janine Jansen is joined by the Oslo Philharmonic and Klaus Mäkelä in violin concertos by Sibelius and Prokofiev.
Notable Classical Music Box Sets, June 2024
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – May 2024
Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
Review: Laura van der Heijden – Cello Concertos by Walton, Bridge, Frances-Hoad
Laura van der Heijden perform three cello concertos by Sir William Walton, Frank Bridge, and Cheryl Frances-Hoad.
Review: Mozart & Poulenc – Double & Triple Piano Concertos – Kodama, Nagano
Kent Nagano, his daughter Karin, wife Mari Kodama, and her sister Momo in double and triple piano concertos by Mozart and Poulenc.
Notable Classical Music Box Sets, May 2024
Four notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Review: All These Lighted Things: Prokofiev, Ogonek & Ravel – Elim Chan
Elim Chan leads the Antwerp Symphony orchestra in works by Prokofiev, Ogonek, and Ravel.