Discover the best classical music albums of the year (2025), handpicked by The Classic Review staff.
Tag: Bach
Review: “Baroque Encores” – David Fray, Piano
David Fray in works by Bach, Handel, Rameau, Scarlatti and Couperin.
Review: “Opus 109” – Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano
Víkingur Ólafsson plays Bach’s sixth keyboard partita, Beethoven’s piano sonatas Op. 90 & 109, and Schubert’s Piano Sonata D. 566.
In Short – 5 Recent Bach Albums – November 2025
Five recent Bach albums by Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Martin Fröst, Isabelle Faust, Inbal Megiddo, and Antoine Morinière & Thibaut Garcia.
Review: Bach – The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 – Mahan Esfahani, Harpsichord
Mahan Esfahani plays the first book of Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier on the harpsichord.
Review: Bach – King of Kings – Sir Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins
Bach orchestral transcriptions by Sir Andrew Davis, with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Davis and Martyn Brabbins.
In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – July 2025
Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – May 2025
Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
Review: Bach – Mass in B Minor – Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Raphaël Pichon leads Pygmalion and soloists in Bach’s Mass in B Minor.
Review: Bach – Keyboard Concertos – Beatrice Rana
Pianist Beatrice Rana lead the Amsterdam Sinfonietta in Bach’s keyboard concertos.
