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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, July 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Concerto
Album Reviews
Review: Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 2, “Three Continents” – Jan Vogler
Cellist Jan Vogler performs Shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 2 with a new Concerto by three contemporary composers, named "Three Continents".
Album Reviews
Review: Vivaldi, Piazzolla – Four Seasons – Arabella Steinbacher
Arabella Steinbacher combines Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" with Piazzolla's "Four Seasons of Buenos Aires", in a new recording with the Münchener Kammerorchester.
Album Reviews
Review: Schumann – Piano Concerto, Piano Works – Judith Jáuregui
Judith Jáuregui performs works by Robert and Clara Schumann. Together with the Piano Concerto, the album includes two variations movements by Robert and Clara.
Album Reviews
Review: Poulenc – Piano Concertos, Chamber Works – Mark Bebbington
Pianist Mark Bebbington performs Poulenc's Piano Concerto, "Concert Champêtre" and chamber works with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under Jan Latham-Koenig.
Album Reviews
Review: Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4, Leshnoff – Double concerto – Honeck
Manfred Honeck conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 and a new "Double Concerto" by Jonathan Leshnoff.
Album Reviews
Review: Elgar – Violin Concerto – Nicola Benedetti
Nicola Benedetti perform Elgar's Violin Concerto with the London Philharmonic under Vladimir Jurowski.
Beginners Guides
Tchaikovsky – A beginners Guide
Where to start when you want to get to know the music of Tchaikovsky, one of the leading figures in the late Romantic era? Here are 10 pieces…
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Complete Piano Concertos – Stewart Goodyear
Stewart Goodyear in a new Beethoven Piano Concertos cycle with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales under Andrew Constantine.
Album Reviews
Review: Rachmaninov – Paganini Rhapsody, Symphony No. 3 – Abduraimov, Gaffigan
In "Rachmaninov in Lucern", pianist Behzod Abduraimov performs the "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" and the third Symphony, with conductor James Gaffigan.