Vikingur Ólafsson’s new album features a recital of works by Bach, Brahms, Bartók, and Kurtág – played once on Steinway Grand and again on an upright piano.
Tag: Bach
Year in Review – The Top 10 Most Popular Classical Music Reviews of 2022
For our last post in 2019, we went back and checked our statistics, finding out which reviews were most popular this year.
Year In Review – Our Top Classical Albums for 2022
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2022 comes to an end it’s time for members of The Classic Review staff to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Review: Bach – Goldberg Variations – Klàra Wurtz, Piano
Pianist Klàra Wurtz performs an arguably perennial favorite, Bach’s Goldberg Variations, for the Piano Classics label.
Review: Bach – Matthäus Passion – Pichon (2022)
Raphaël Pichon leads Ensemble Pygmalion and soloists in a new recording of one of J.S. Bach’s sacred masterpieces.
Review: Bach – St. John Passion – John Eliot Gardiner (2022)
Sir John Eliot Gardiner leads the English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, and soloists in his third recording of Bach’s sacred masterpiece.
Review: Bach – Well-Tempered Clavier, Book II – Andreas Staier, Harpsichord
Period instrumentalist Andreas Staier revisits Bach, performing the second book of the Well-Tempered Clavier on a harpsichord.
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: Bach – Goldberg Variations – David Fray, Piano
Pianist David Fray presents a new recording for Erato of Bach’s tour-de-force Goldberg Variations.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, December 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
