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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.
Beethoven
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."
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Year In Review – Our Top Classical Albums for 2023
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2023 comes to an end it's time for members of The Classic Review staff…
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven, Schumann, Franck – Violin Sonatas – Capuçon, Argerich
Renaud Capuçon and Martha Argerich perform Beethoven's Kreutzer, Schumann's A minor, and Franck's A Major violin sonatas.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – The Five Piano Concertos – Haochen Zhang, Nathalie Stutzmann
Haochen Zhang, winner of the 2009 Cliburn Competition, presents the complete Beethoven piano concertos with Natalie Stutzmann and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Album Reviews
Review: Song – Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello
In his most personal album yet, Sheku Kanneh-Mason’s latest Decca release features an eclectic range of works from Beethoven to Bacharach.
Album Reviews
Review: La Passione – Christina Landshamer, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Soprano Christina Landshamer and period-ensemble Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin explore the omnipresent theme of love in works by Haydn, Beethoven, and Mozart.
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Year in Review – The Top 10 Most Popular Classical Music Reviews of 2022
For our last post in 2019, we went back and checked our statistics, finding out which reviews were most popular this year.
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Year In Review – Our Top Classical Albums for 2022
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2022 comes to an end it's time for members of The Classic Review staff…
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”) – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Honeck
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra continue their Beethoven symphony cycle, this time with Symphony No. 6 ("Pastoral") and Steven Stucky's Silent Spring.