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Notable Classical Music Box Sets, May 2024
Four notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
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Review: The Vienna Recital – Yuja Wang, Piano
Yuja Wang in a live recording from Vienna's Konzerthaus, with works by Beethoven, Scriabin, Albéniz, Kapustin, Ligeti, and Glass.
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Review: Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, Dean – Piano Concerto – Jonathan Biss
Jonathan Biss embarks on a new Beethoven Piano Concertos cycle, accompanying each concerto with a contemporary piece.
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Review: Beethoven – Complete Symphonies – Kammerakademie Potsdam, Antonello Manacorda
Antonello Manacorda leads the Kammerakademie Potsdam in Beethoven's complete Symphonies.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, July 2024
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review this past month.
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Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) – Budapest Festival Orchestra – Iván Fischer
Iván Fischer continues his Beethoven cycle with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducting the "Eroica" Symphony and Coriolan Overture.
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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.
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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.