David Fray in works by Bach, Handel, Rameau, Scarlatti and Couperin.
Tag: Baroque
Year In Review – The Best Classical Music Albums, 2025
Discover the best classical music albums of the year (2025), handpicked by The Classic Review staff.
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: Itzhak Perlman – The Complete Warner Classics Edition (78 CDs)
A box set celebrating Itzhak Perlman’s 80th birthday, with all the recordings he made for Warner Classics between 1972-2016.
Review: Javier Perianes Plays Scarlatti
Pianist Javier Perianes performs 15 keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti.
Review: Purcell – Dido & Aeneas – Joyce DiDonato, Il Pomo d’Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Joyce DiDonato takes the lead role in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, with Il Pomo d’Oro under Maxim Emelyanychev. Other cast members include Michael Spyres, Fatma Said and Beth Taylor.
Notable Classical Music Box Sets, August 2025
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
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.
