Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien open a period-instrument Beethoven violin sonata cycle with the three Op. 12 sonatas and the 'Spring' Sonata, on BIS.
Paul Watkins and Alessio Bax perform the complete Beethoven cello sonatas.
Midori performs Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto, 3 Romances, 5 Pieces in Folk Style, and Clara Schumann's 3 Romances. Pentatone.
Nemanja Radulović presents Prokofiev's Second Violin Concerto alongside the Sonata for Two Violins, Five Mélodies, and transcriptions.
Quatuor Ébène and the Belcea Quartet join forces to play Octets by Mendelssohn and Enescu.
Bertrand Chamayou and Leif Ove Andsnes in piano music for 4 hands by Schubert, including the F Minor Fantasia, D. 940.
Quatuor Arod perform Haydn’s six strings quartets, Op. 76, including ‘Fifths’, ‘Emperor’ and ‘Sunrise’.
Discover the best classical music albums of the year (2025), handpicked by The Classic Review staff.
Brief reviews of five recent classical albums: Bach Cantatas with Ensemble Correspondances and Sébastien Daucé, the Nash Ensemble play Ravel, Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 with the National Symphony…
