Album Reviews
Review: Mozart – Grand Partita, Simpson – “Geysir” (2020)
This new album from Orchid Classics combines Mozart's "Grand Partita" with a new work by Mark Simpson for winds, "Geysir".
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Review: Saint-Saëns – Chamber Works – Chamayou, Capuçon, Moreau
Bertrand Chamayou is joined by violinist Renaud Capuçon and cellist Edgar Moreau in Saint-Saëns' Violin Sonata No. 1, Cello Sonata No. 1 and Piano Trio No. 2.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, December 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
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Double Review: Quatuor Arod and the Signum Quartett Play Schubert
Quatuor Arod and the Signum Quartett both play Schubert's famous "Death and the Maiden" String Quartet with other works by Schubert.
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Review: Ravel – Piano Trio, Chausson – Piano Quartet – Trio Machiavelli
Pianist Claire Huangci is joined by violinist Solenne Païdassi and cellist Tristan Cornut to perform Ravel's Piano Trio. Violist Adrien Bosseau joins for Chausson's Piano Quartet.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, November 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Album Reviews
Review: Haydn – String Quartets Op. 33 – Doric String Quartet
In their fourth volume of Haydn's String Quartets for Chandos, the Doric Quartet play the six String Quartets of opus 33.
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Review: Mozart – String Quintets K. 515, 516 – Quatuor Van Kuijk
In their third Mozart recording on Alpha Classics, the Quatuor Van Kuijk plays Mozart's Strings Quintets in C Major (K.515) and G minor (K.516) with violist Adrien La…
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Review: Brahms – Cello Sonatas – Müller-Schott, Piemontesi
Daniel Müller-Schott and Francesco Piemontesi perform the two Cello Sonatas by Brahms, together with a cello transcription of the second Violin Sonata.
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Review: “Vienna 1900” – Le Sage, Plesser, Kashimoto, Meyer, Pahud
A programme devoted to Viennese composers of the early twentieth century, including Berg, Zemlinsky, Korngold and Schönberg.