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Top Five – Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring – The Best Recordings
The Classic Review editorial team's recommendations for the best recordings of Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring.
Ballet
Album Reviews
Review: Nemanja Radulovic Plays Prokofiev
Nemanja Radulović presents Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto alongside the Sonata for Two Violins, Five Mélodies, and transcriptions.
Album Reviews
Review: Bartók – The Miraculous Mandarin, Concerto for Orchestra – Toronto Symphony Orchestra & Choir, Gustavo Gimeno
Gustavo Gimeno leads the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Mendelssohn Choir in Bartók's The Miraculous Mandarin and Concerto for Orchestra.
Album Reviews
Review: Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 3, Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite – Nobuyuki Tsujii
Nobuyuki Tsujii plays Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, and Pletnev's piano arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. With the Liverpool Philharmonic under Domingo Hindoyan.
Album Reviews
Review: Daniil Trifonov Plays Tchaikovsky
Daniil Trifonov plays Tchaikovsky's piano sonata Op. 80, "Children's Album", and Pletnev's piano arrangement of "The Sleeping Beauty".
Album Reviews
Review: Ravel – Daphnis et Chloé – London Symphony Orchestra Sir Antonio Pappano
Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in Ravel's music for the ballet Daphnis et Chloé.
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Top Five – Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet – The Best Recordings
The Classic Review editorial team's recommendations for the best recordings of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Suites.
Album Reviews
Review: All These Lighted Things: Prokofiev, Ogonek & Ravel – Elim Chan
Elim Chan leads the Antwerp Symphony orchestra in works by Prokofiev, Ogonek, and Ravel.
Album Reviews
Review: Stravinsky – Pétrouchka – Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä
Klaus Mäkelä and Orchestre de Paris on their second Stravinsky album, playing Pétrouchka.
Album Reviews
Review: Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring & The Firebird – Orchestre de Paris, Mäkelä
In a new release for Decca, Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris present two of Stravinsky's best known ballets, Le Sacre du printemps and The Firebird.