We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2019 comes to an end it’s time for members of The Classic Review staff to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Tag: Choral
Review: Handel – Messiah – Jordi Savall
Jordi Savall is joined by Capella Reial de Catalunya and Concert des Nations and soloists Rachel Redmond, Damien Guillon, Nicholas Mulroy and Matthias Winckhler.
Review: “Like to the Lark” – The Swedish Chamber Choir – Pike, Forsström, Phipps
Violinist Jennifer Pike and Mezzo Maria Forsström join the Swedish Chamber Choir under Simon Phipps, in music by Vaughan Williams and others.
Review: Handel – Brockes Passion – AAM, Richard Egarr
A new recording of Handel’s rarely performed passion, to mark the 300th anniversary of the first known performance.
Review: Anamorfosi – Le Poème Harmonique, Dumestre
Le Poème Harmonique, with founder Vincent Dumestre, perform Allegri’s “Miserere” and works by Monteverdi and other baroque composers.
Review: “Passions” – Les Cris de Paris, Geoffroy Jourdain
Les Cris de Paris and Geoffroy Jourdain with an all-Venetian cast of composers, exploring the multiple expressions of human passions.
Review: Ethel Smyth – Mass in D – BBCSO, Oramo
Dame Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D is performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with conductor Sakari Oramo (Chandos, 2019).
Review: Beethoven – Complete Symphonies – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – Nelsons
Andris Nelsons and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra presents Beethoven’s nine Symphonies, recorded at the Musikverein.
Review: Berlioz – Requiem – John Nelson
After his well received recording of Berlioz’s “Les Troyens”, John Nelson return to the composer with his masterful Requiem.
Review: Peñalosa -“Lamentations” – New York Polyphony
New York Polyphony builds a program around Francisco De Peñalosa’s “Lamentationes Jeremiae Feria V”.
