The Classic Review editorial team’s recommendations for the best recordings of Fauré’s Requiem.
Tag: Choral
Classics Revisited: Karajan’s First Beethoven Cycle with the Philharmonia
Herbert von Karajan’s first Beethoven cycle, recorded with the Philharmonia Orchestra between 1951 and 1955, returns in a seven-disc box on Warner Classics.
Review: Mendelssohn – Complete Symphonies, Paulus, Elias – Gewandhausorchester, Nelsons
Andris Nelsons conducts the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig in Mendelssohn’s complete symphonies, and the oratorios Elias and Paulus.
Review: Bach – Johannes Passion – Pygmalion, Pichon
Bach’s Johannes-Passion, BWV 245, performed by Ensemble Pygmalion with Julian Prégardien as Evangelist, conducted by Raphaël Pichon.
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.