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 to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Tag: Handel
Review: Handel – Water & Fire – B’Rock Orchestra, Sinkovsky
After recording the complete Schubert symphonies, the B’rock orchestra presents a new album featuring Handel’s Water Music and Music for the Royal Fireworks.
Review: Handel – Solomon – Leonardo García Alcarón
Leonardo García Alarcón leads soloists, the Chœur de Chambre de Namur, and Millenium Orchestra in a complete and uncut performance of Handel’s oratorio.
Review: The Handel Project – Seong-Jin Cho, Piano
Seong-Jin Cho’s new recording project features three of Handel’s keyboard suites along with Brahms’ own homage, the Op. 24 Handel Variations.
Review: Handel – Theodora – Il Pomo d’Oro, Emelyanychev
Maxim Emelyanychev leads Il Pomo d’Oro and soloists including Joyce DiDonato and Lisettte Oropesa in Handel’s recounting of the story of Theodora and Didymus.
Review: “Angelica Diabolica” – Giulia Semenzato, Soprano
In a 2022 performance of works by Handel, Pollarolo, and others, Giulia Semenzato explores the world of the Baroque aria through the lens of an epic poem.
Review: EDEN – Joyce DiDonato, Mezzo-Soprano
Joyce DiDonato and Il Pomo d’Oro explore a connection to nature in a recital of works by Ives, Mysliveček, Mahler, Copland, and Handel, among others.
Review: Handel – Enchantresses – Sandrine Piau
Soprano Sandrine Piau’s latest collaboration with Les Paladins and Jérôme Correas adds to her already distinguished Handel discography.
Year In Review – Our Top Classical Albums for 2021
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2021 comes to an end it’s time for members of The Classic Review staff to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, December 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
