In a first album of what will become a full cycle, Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts the Philadelphia Orchestra in Rachmaninoff’s first Symphony.
Tag: Orchestral
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, February 2021
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
Review: “Verklärte Nacht” – Rice, Skelton, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gardner
Edward Gardner in two interpretations of Richard Dehmel’s “Verklärte Nacht”, one by Schoenberg and the other by Oskar Fried, with tone poems by Korngold and Lehár.
Review: Hans Rott – Complete Orchestral Works, Vol.2 – Gürzenich Orchester Köln, Ward
Christopher Ward and the Gürzenich Orchester Köln in the second volume of Hans Rott’s complete orchestral works.
Review: Charles Ives – Complete Symphonies – LAPO, Dudamel
Gustavo Dudamel conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra in Charles Ives four Symphonies.
Year In Review – Our Top 10 Classical Albums for 2020
We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2020 comes to an end it’s time for members of The Classic Review staff to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Review: “Penderecki’s Sinfonietta(s)” – Sinfonietta Cracovia, Jurek Dybał
Sinfonietta Cracovia and Jurek Dybał perform three of Penderecki’s Sinfoniettas and “Three Pieces in Old Style”. With clarinetist Daniel Ottensamer.
Review: Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 – Tonhalle-Orchester, Paavo Järvi
In his first recording as Chief Conductor of the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi performs Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 and Francesca da Rimini.
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 9 – Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, Ádám Fischer
Ádám Fischer continues his ongoing Mahler cycle with the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, performing the Ninth Symphony.
Editor’s Choice: The Best New Classical Music Albums, November 2020
The choices of the best classical music albums we covered on The Classic Review the past month.
