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Year In Review – Our Top Classical Albums for 2022
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2022 comes to an end it's time for members of The Classic Review staff…
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Review: Liszt – Piano Concertos, Sonata – Alexander Ullman, BBC Symphony, Litton
2017 Liszt Competition winner Alexander Ullman delivers an ambitious all-Liszt program featuring the B minor Sonata and piano concertos with the BBC symphony under Andrew Litton.
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Review: Ravel – Piano Concertos – Céderic Tiberghien, Les Siècles
Céderic Tiberghien and Les Siècles deliver a period-instrument performance of Ravel's piano concertos and songs, featuring an 1892 Pleyel grand piano.
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Review: Franck – Les Djinns, Variations Symphoniques, Triptyques pour Piano – Tanguy de Williencourt, Piano
Pianist Tanguy de Williencourt performs Franck's Djinns and Variations Symphonies with the Flanders Symphony in addition to his best-loved solo works (2022).
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Review: “Mozart Momentum 1786” – Leif Ove Andsnes, Mahler Chamber Orchestra
In a follow up his 2021 release, Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra present Mozart's Piano Concertos No. 23-24 and chamber works.
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Review: Sibelius and Nielsen – Violin Concertos – Johan Dalene
Following up on his 2020 debut, Johan Dalene collaborates with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic in a new 2022 recording of concertos by Sibelius and Nielsen.
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Review: Saint-Saëns – Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 – Alexandre Kantorow
In a new 2022 release, Alexandre Kantorow and father Jean-Jacques complete their Saint-Saëns piano concerto cycle with a performance of Nos. 1 and 2.
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Review: Rhapsody – Martin James Bartlett, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Martin James Bartlett, 2014 BBC Young Musician of the Year, performs with the London Philharmonic Orchestra two best-loved works by Rachmaninoff and Gershwin.
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Review: Mendelssohn – Piano Concertos – Vogt, Orchestre de Chambre de Paris
Lars Vogt features as soloist and conductor with the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris in a new recording of Mendelssohn's piano concertos and Capriccio Brilliant.
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Review: Dohnányi – Concertos, Variations on a Nursery Song – Pitrenas, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
Modestas Pitrenas leads the Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz and soloists in three of Dohnányi's concertos, including his Variations on a Nursery Song.