Soprano Anna Netrebko presents her first solo album in five years with opera’s most iconic arias from Purcell, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, and Wagner.
Tag: Baroque
Review: Amazone – Lea Desandre, Mezzo-Soprano
Mezzo-Soprano Lea Desandre features early Baroque composers including Vivaldi and Couperin, along with arias by de Bottis recorded for the very first time.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, November 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons – Christian Li, Violin
Thirteen-year old violin prodigy Christian Li presents Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Review: Bach – The Art of Life – Daniil Trifonov, Piano
Pianist Daniil Trifonov’s new double album presents a comprehensive curation of works built around J.S. Bach’s The Art of Fugue.
Review: “Carte Blanche” – Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet celebrates a special birthday with a release featuring selections from classical, jazz, and film music.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, October 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Double Review: Bach – Goldberg Variations – Papastefanou, Minnaar
A double review of two new performances of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, by Alexandra Papastefanou and Hannes Minnaar.
Review: Passions – Véronique Gens, Soprano
Soprano Véronique Gens in a sequence of works by Lully, Collasse and Desmarets, forming “an imaginative opera”.
Review: Bach – Overtures (“Original Versions”) – Concerto Copenhagen, Mortensen
Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Concerto Copenhagen present what is claimed to be Bach’s “original” versions of the 4 Orchestra Suites (“Overtures”)
