Bach’s Johannes-Passion, BWV 245, performed by Ensemble Pygmalion with Julian Prégardien as Evangelist, conducted by Raphaël Pichon.
Tag: Choral
Top Five – Handel – Messiah – The Best Recordings
The Classic Review editorial team’s recommendations for the best recordings of Handel’s Messiah.
Review: Elgar – The Dream of Gerontius – Huddersfield Choral Society, Orchestra of Opera North, Martyn Brabbins
Martyn Brabbins conducts The Huddersfield Choral Society and the Orchestra of Opera North in Elgar’s oratorio, The Dream of Gerontius.
Review: Bach – Cantatas BWV 4, 106, 131 – Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Sébastien Daucé leads Ensemble Correspondances in Bach’s cantatas BWV 4, 106, 131.
Year In Review – The Best Classical Music Albums, 2025
Discover the best classical music albums of the year (2025), handpicked by The Classic Review staff.
Review: Rachmaninoff – The Bells, Elgar – Falstaff – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
Vasily Petrenko conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Rachmaninoff’s “The Bells” and Elgar’s “Falstaff”.
Review: Mendelssohn, Bruch – Violin Concertos, Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending – Johan Dalene
Johan Dalene plays Mendelssohn’s & Bruch’s Violin Concertos, with an arrangement of Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending for violin and choir.
Double Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 2 (“Resurrection”) – Kahchun Wong, Simone Young
Review of two new recordings of Mahler’s second symphony. Kahchun Wong conducts the Hallé Orchestra, and Simone Young conducts the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.
In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – December 2025
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 Orchestra under Gianandrea Noseda, Haydn’s Op. 76 String Quartets with Quatuor Arod, and Mikhail Pletnev in Preludes by Chopin and Scriabin.
Review: Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem – Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Raphaël Pichon conducts Pygmalion in Brahms’s “A German Requiem”, with baritone Stéphane Degout and soprano Sabine Devieilhe.