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 to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Tag: Chamber
Review: Haydn – Piano Trios, Volume 1 – Trio Gaspard
Trio Gaspard embarks on an ambitious recording project of the complete Haydn piano trios, starting with five selections from 1785-1795.
Review: Coleridge-Taylor – Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet – Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
The Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective presents three early chamber works of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Review: “Mozart Momentum 1786” – Leif Ove Andsnes, Mahler Chamber Orchestra
In a follow up his 2021 release, Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra present Mozart’s Piano Concertos No. 23-24 and chamber works.
Review: Mendelssohn – Piano Concertos – Vogt, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
Lars Vogt features as soloist and conductor with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris in a new recording of Mendelssohn’s piano concertos and Capriccio Brilliant.
Review: Vivaldi, Leclair, Locatelli – Violin Concertos – Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Les Ombres
Violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte and Les Ombres chamber ensemble perform concertos by Vivaldi and two of his contemporaries, Leclair and Locatelli.
Year In Review – Our Top Classical Albums for 2021
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2021 comes to an end it’s time for members of The Classic Review staff to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Review: Muse – Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason
Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason perform Cello Sonatas by Rachmaninoff and Barber, along with song transcriptions.
Review: ’round midnight – Quatuor Ébène
Quatuor Ébène embarks on an intriguing journey through the night in a feature of works by Dutilleux, Merlin, and Schoenberg.
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.
