Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Complete Symphonies – Kammerakademie Potsdam, Antonello Manacorda
Antonello Manacorda leads the Kammerakademie Potsdam in Beethoven's complete Symphonies.
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Album Reviews
Review: Bach – St. Matthew Passion – Arranged by Mendelssohn – Christopher Jackson
Bach's St. Matthew Passion in Mendelssohn's 1841 arrangement, with Bach Choir of Bethlehem, Bach Festival Orch & conductor Christopher Jackson.
Album Reviews
Review: Mendelssohn – Symphonies, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich – Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi leads the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich in Mendelssohn's mature Symphonies and a midsummer night’s dream.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis – Savall
Following their Beethoven symphony cycle, Jordi Savall and Le Concert des Nations now present Beethoven’s monumental mass.
Album Reviews
Review: Shostakovich – Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 12 & 13 – BSO, Nelsons
This final installment of Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Shostakovich symphony cycle features No. 13 ("Babi Yar").
Album Reviews
Double Review: Mozart Requiem – Savall, Chauvin
A double review of two period-instrument performances of Mozart's Requiem by Jordi Savall and Julien Chauvin.
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Year In Review – Our Top Classical Albums for 2023
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2023 comes to an end it's time for members of The Classic Review staff…
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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.
Album Reviews
Review: Weber – Der Freischütz – René Jacobs (2022)
René Jacobs conducts a period-instrument performance of Weber's singspiel, Die Freischütz, in which he also restores parts of the original libretto.
Album Reviews
Review: Bach – Matthäus Passion – Pichon (2022)
Raphaël Pichon leads Ensemble Pygmalion and soloists in a new recording of one of J.S. Bach's sacred masterpieces.