Beginners Guides
Haydn – A Beginners Guide
Where to start when you want to get to know the music of Joseph Haydn, one of the leading figures in the Classical era? Here are 10 pieces…
Choral
Best of
Year In Review – The Classic Review Staff's Picks For 2019
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…
Album Reviews
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.
Album Reviews
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.
Album Reviews
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.
Album Reviews
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.
Album Reviews
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.
Album Reviews
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.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Complete Symphonies – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – Nelsons
Andris Nelsons and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra presents Beethoven's nine Symphonies, recorded at the Musikverein.
Album Reviews
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.