Album Reviews
Review: “London, Circa 1720, Corelli’s Legacy” – La Rêveuse
La Rêveuse examines Corelli's legacy on London's music scene in 1720, with works by Handel, Babell, Geminiani and Schickhardt.
Baroque
Album Reviews
Review: “La Vanità del Mondo” – Philippe Jaroussky, Artaserse
Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky performs Baroque Oratorio arias, with 7 world premiere recordings.
Album Reviews
Review: “Portraits de la Folie” – Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ensemble Amarillis, Gaillard
Mezzo-soprano Stéphanie d’Oustrac joins Ensemble Amarillis and Héloïse Gaillard in a program of baroque music.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, November 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Album Reviews
Review: Bach – Motets – Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Ensemble Pygmalion, under the direction of Raphaël Pichon, perform Bach's six Motets, together with motets by other composers on a new recording for Harmonia Mundi.
Best of
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, October 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Album Reviews
Review: “What’s Next vivaldi?” – Kopatchinskaja, Antonini
Patricia Kopatchinskaja presents a program which combines Violin Concertos by Vivaldi with contemporary works, together with Il Giardino Armonico and Giovanni Antonini.
Best of
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, September 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Album Reviews
Review: Picchi – Canzoni da Sonar – Concerto Scirocco, Genini
Concerto Scirocco under Giulia Genini perform Picchi's complete "Canzoni Da Sonar Con Ogni Sorte D’istromenti", In the first recording of the full set.
Beginners Guides
Bach – A beginners Guide
Where to start when you want to get to know the music of Bach, one of the leading figures in the late Baroque era? Here are 10 pieces…