The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Tag: Chamber
Review: “Diffusion” – The Verona Quartet Play Janáček, Szymanowski and Ravel
On their debut album, the Verona Quartet play Janáček’s ‘Intimate letters’ quartet, with Szymanowski’s String Quartet No. 2 and Ravel’s String Quartet in F Major.
Review: “Roots” – Randall Goosby, Violin
Violinist Randall Goosby in his debut album, with pianist Zhu Wang and contrabass player and composer Xavier Dubois Foley.
Review: Bruch – String Quintets & Octet – WDR Sinfonieorchester Chamber Players
Three chamber works for strings by Max Bruch with the WDR Sinfonieorchester Chamber Players.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, July 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Mozart – “Prussian” String Quartets – Doric String Quartet
The Doric String Quartet launch their Mozart cycle with the late “Prussian” quartets.
Review: Dvořák – Dumky Trio, Kodály – Duo – Kelemen, Altstaedt, Lonquich
Barnabás Kelemen, Nicolas Altstaedt and Alexander Lonquich play Kodály’s Duo for Violin and Cello with Dvořák’s “Dumky” piano Trio.
Review: “Divertissement!” – c/o Chamber Orchestra play Ibert, Bernard, Bartók and Ippolito
On their debut recording, the c/o Chamber Orchestra perform Divertimenti by Ibert, Bernard, Bartók and Ippolito.
Review: Debussy – Fantaisie, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata, La Mer – Argerich, Soltani, Barenboim
Martha Argerich on her first ever recording of Debussy’s Fantasie for Piano and Orchestra, with Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim, who accompanies in the Violin and Cello Sonatas with cellist Kian Soltani and violinist Michael Barenboim.
Review: American Quintets – Beach, Price, Barber – Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective play works by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Florence Beatrice Price and Samuel Barber.
