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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, June 2024
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review this past month.
Beethoven
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Review: Beethoven For Three – Symphony No. 4 and “Archduke” Trio – Ax, Kavakos, Ma
Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, and Yo-Yo Ma in Shai Wosner's arrangement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 4 for piano trio. The group also performs the "Archduke" trio.
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Review: Beatrice Rana Plays Beethoven and Chopin Piano Sonatas
Beatrice Rana explores two great Piano Sonatas, the "Hammerklavier" by Beethoven and "Funeral March" by Chopin.
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Review: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis – Savall
Following their Beethoven symphony cycle, Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations now present Beethoven’s monumental mass.
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Review: Beethoven – Violin Concerto – Nemanja Radulović, Violin
Nemanja Radulović returns with his Double Sens ensemble in Beethoven's Violin Concerto and the soloist's own orchestration of the Kreutzer sonata.
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Review: Beethoven – The 5 Piano Concertos – Garrick Ohlsson
A live performance of the complete Beethoven piano concerto cycle featuring Garrick Ohlsson, Sir Donald Runnicles and the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra.
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Review: Beethoven – Violin Concerto – María Dueñas, Wiener Symphoniker, Honeck
María Dueñas in a new rendition of Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Wiener Symphoniker, conducted by Manfred Honeck.
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Review: Beethoven – Complete Violin Sonatas – Midori, Thibaudet
This new 2023 release presents Midori and Jean-Yves Thibaudet in their first major collaborative recording project: the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, April 2024
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review this past month.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Piano Sonatas Opp. 101 & 106 – Maurizio Pollini, Piano
Maurizio Pollini revisits two of Beethoven's late sonatas, including the mighty Op. 106 "Hammerklavier."