Album Reviews
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 7 – Minnesota Orchestra, Vänskä
Osmo Vänskä And the Minnesota Orchestra continue their ongoing Mahler cycle, this time with Symphony No. 7 ("Song of the Night").
Orchestral
Album Reviews
Review: Rimsky-Korsakov – Orchestral Works – Oslo Philharmonic, Vasily Petrenko
Vasily Petrenko conducts the Oslo Philharmonic in Rimsky-Korsakov's orchestral works - Scheherazade, Capriccio Espagnol and Russian Easter Festival Overture.
Album Reviews
Review: Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan, Till Eulenspiegel – Urbański
Krzysztof Urbanski and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra perform orchestral tone poems by Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra, Don Juan, and Till Eulenspiegel.
Album Reviews
Review: “Sturm und Drang” – The Mozartists, Ian Page
This is the first of a seven part series that examines the "Sturm und Drang" period, including Symphony No. 49 by Haydn.
Album Reviews
Review: “Franck By Franck” – OPRF, Mikko Franck
Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France perform works by César Franck.
Beginners Guides
Tchaikovsky – A beginners Guide
Where to start when you want to get to know the music of Tchaikovsky, one of the leading figures in the late Romantic era? Here are 10 pieces…
Interviews
My Collection: Kilian Herold, Clarinet
Clarinet player Kilian Herold writes for The Classic Review about three classical music albums he couldn't live without.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Symphonies 1-3 – Britten Sinfonia, Adès
Composer, pianist and conductor Thomas Adès leads the Britten Sinfonia in Beethoven’s first three Symphonies, with two compositions by composer Gerald Barry.
Album Reviews
Review: Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition, Ravel – La Valse – Les Siècles, Roth
Using period instruments, Les Siècles under François-Xavier Roth perform Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition in Ravel's orchestration, with Ravel's La Valse.
Album Reviews
Review: Barbara Hannigan – “La Passione”
Soprano Barbara Hannigan perform and conducts the Ludwig Orchestra in works by Nono, Haydn and Grisey.