We go over a lot of classical music albums during the year, so when 2019 comes to an end it’s time for members of The Classic Review staff to pick their favorite albums of the year.
Tag: Orchestral
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 4 – Minnesota Orchestra, Vänskä
Osmo Vänskä continues his Mahler cycle with the Minnesota orchestra for BIS, arriving at Symphony No. 4. Carolyn Sampson joins for the final movement.
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 8 – Ádám Fischer
Ádám Fischer continues his Mahler cycle with the Düsseldorfer Symphoniker, arriving to the eights, “Symphony of the Thousand”.
Review: Schubert – Symphony No. 9 ("The Great") – Scottish Chamber Orchestra – Emelyanychev
The Scottish Chamber Orchestra and their new chief conductor, Maxim Emelyanychev, perform Schubert Symphony No. 9 (“The Great”).
Review: Bach – Overtures (Orchestral Suites) – Concerto Italiano, Alessandrini
Rinaldo Alessandrini and Concerto Italiano perform the 4 “Overtures” (Orchestral Suites) by Bach and other siblings.
Review – Brahms – Symphonies No. 1 and 3 – Gardner
Edward Gardner conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in a new Brahms Symphonies cycle.
Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 – Masaaki Suzuki
Masaaki Suzuki and the Bach Collegium Japan turns their attention to Beethoven Symphony No. 9.
Review: Beethoven – Complete Symphonies – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – Nelsons
Andris Nelsons and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra presents Beethoven’s nine Symphonies, recorded at the Musikverein.
Review: Schumann – Symphonies No. 2 and 4 – LSO, Gardiner
Sir John Eliot Gardiner returns to the Schumann Symphonies with a performance of the Second And Fourth, here played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Review: Pablo Heras-Casado Conducts Manuel de Falla
Pablo Heras-Casado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra perform two of De Falla most famous works: “El sombrero de tres picos” and “El amor brujo”.