Album Reviews
Review: Fantasie – Alexander Melnikov
Alexander Melnikov’s explores music from the Baroque to the 20th century on 7 different instruments.
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Album Reviews
Review: Chopin – Rafał Blechacz, Piano
Pianist Rafał Blechacz presents an all-Chopin disc featuring two sonatas, the Barcarolle, and a nocturne.
Album Reviews
Review: Secret Garden – François-Frédéric Guy Plays Chopin
François-Frédéric Guy plays works by Chopin on a 1905 Pleyel piano.
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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.
Album Reviews
Review: Chopin – Mazurkas, Vol. 1 – Peter Jablonski, Piano
Pianist Peter Jablonksi follows up on his acclaimed 2020 debut recording for the Ondine label, this time with the first half of Chopin's Mazurkas.
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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: Préludes, Interludes, Postludes – Jan Michiels, Piano
Pianist Jan Michiels performa preludes and other works by Chopin, Debussy, Ligeti, and Kurtàg on period instruments.
Album Reviews
Review: Ivo Pogorelich Plays Chopin (2022)
Ivo Pogorelich releases his first Chopin album in over two decades with works he's never recorded before, including the Fantaisie and B minor Sonata.
Album Reviews
Review: Bruce Liu Plays Chopin
Bruce Liu, newly-crowned winner of the 18th Fryderyk Chopin Competition, features in Deutsche Grammophon's compilation of his competition highlights.