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Notable Classical Music Box Sets, May 2024
Four notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Orchestral
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Review: Beethoven – Complete Symphonies – Kammerakademie Potsdam, Antonello Manacorda
Antonello Manacorda leads the Kammerakademie Potsdam in Beethoven's complete Symphonies.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, July 2024
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review this past month.
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Review: Schumann – Complete Symphonies – Dresdner Philharmonie, Janowski
Marek Janowski leads the Dresdner Philharmonie in Schumann's complete symphonies.
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Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica”) – Budapest Festival Orchestra – Iván Fischer
Iván Fischer continues his Beethoven cycle with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, conducting the "Eroica" Symphony and Coriolan Overture.
Best of
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, June 2024
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review this past month.
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Review: Enescu – Symphonies Nos. 1-3 & 2 Romanian Rhapsodies – Cristian Mǎcelaru
Cristian Mǎcelaru conducts the Orchestre National de France in Enescu's Symphonies No. 1-3 and 2 Romanian Rhapsodies.
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Review: Stravinsky – Pétrouchka – Orchestre de Paris, Klaus Mäkelä
Klaus Mäkelä and Orchestre de Paris on their second Stravinsky album, playing Pétrouchka.
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Review: Mozart – Piano Concertos No. 20 & 27 – Anne Queffélec
Anne Queffélec plays Mozart's piano concertos No. 20 & 27 with Orchestre de Chambre de Paris under Lio Kuokman.
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Review: Mendelssohn – Symphonies, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich – Paavo Järvi
Paavo Järvi leads the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich in Mendelssohn's mature Symphonies and a midsummer night’s dream.