Album Reviews
Review: Brahms & Busoni – Violin Concertos – Francesca Dego
Francesca Dego plays Brahms & Busoni's Violin Concertos, accompanied by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Dalia Stasevska.
Orchestral
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Review – The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol 86 – Tellefsen & Kalkbrenner – Howard Shelley
Hyperion’s exploration of Romantic Piano Concertos continues with this 86th volume of Tellefsen and Kalkbrenner.
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Review: Sibelius – Early Orchestral Works – Susanna Mälkki
Susanna Mälkki leads the Helsinki Philharmonic in three early Sibelius works: the Karelia Suite, Rakastava, and Lemminkäinen.
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Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, May 2024
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review this past month.
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Review: Grazyna Bacewicz – Orchestral Works Vol. 1 – Oramo, BBC Symphony
Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra on the first in Chandos' series focusing on Grazyna Bacewicz's orchestral works.
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Review: Ravel – Daphnis et Chloé – John Wilson
John Wilson and the Sinfonia of London present Ravel's largest orchestral work in Wilson's own new critical edition.
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Review: Stravinsky – Violin Concerto, Orchestral Suites – James Ehnes, Sir Andrew Davis
James Ehnes, the BBC Philharmonic and Sir Andrew Davis in an all-Stravinsky program, including the Violin Concerto and two Orchestral Suites.
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Review: Shostakovich – Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 12 & 13 – BSO, Nelsons
This final installment of Andris Nelsons and the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Shostakovich symphony cycle features No. 13 ("Babi Yar").
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Review: Brahms – Double Concerto – Christian & Tanja Tetzlaff, Järvi
Christian & Tanja Tetzlaff perform Brahms' Double Concerto, Viotti's Violin Concerto No. 22, and Dvořák's Silent Woods.
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Review: Bartók – Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3 – Aimard, Salonen
Pierre-Laurent Aimard collaborates with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony in Bartók's three Piano Concertos