The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Tag: Choral
Review: Bach – “Soli Deo Gloria” – Cantatas 21,76 – Collegium Vocale Gent, Ricercar Consort, Pierlot
Philippe Pierlot conducts the Collegium Vocale Gent and the Ricercar Consort in Bach’s Cantatas BWV 21 and 76.
Review: Hammerschmidt – “Ach Jesus Stirbt” – Vox Luminis, Meunier
Vox Luminis and Lionel Meunier perform church music by Andreas Hammerschmidt (1611-1675).
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, January 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: Monteverdi – il terzo libro de’ madrigali – Alessandrini
Rinaldo Alessandrini returns to Monteverdi with Concerto Italiano, 15 years after his last recording of the composer.
Year In Review – Our Top 10 Classical Albums for 2020
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2020 comes to an end it’s time for members of The Classic Review staff to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Review: Britten – Saint Nicolas, A Ceremony of Carols – BBC Concert Orchestra, Crouch End Festival Chorus, Temple
The BBC Concert Orchestra accompanies the Crouch End Festival Chorus in Benjamin Britten’s Saint Nicolas and A Ceremony of Carols, conducted by David Temple.
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.
Review: Haydn – Die Schöpfung (The Creation) – Antonini
Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico perform Haydn’s “Die Schöpfung” (The Creation), with soloists Anna Lucia Richter, Maximilian Schmitt and Florian Boesch.
Review: Bach – Motets – Ensemble Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Ensemble Pygmalion, under the direction of Raphaël Pichon, perform Bach’s six Motets, together with motets by other composers on a new recording for Harmonia Mundi.
