Album Reviews
Review: “Franck By Franck” – OPRF, Mikko Franck
Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France perform works by César Franck.
Orchestral
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.
Album Reviews
Review: Shostakovich – Symphony No. 11 – BBC Philharmonic – Storgårds
John Storgårds conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Shostakovich's Eleventh Symphony, "The Year 1905".
Album Reviews
Review: Mozart – Symphonies No. 39-41 – Ensemble Resonanz, Minasi
Ensemble Resonanz and conductor Riccardo Minasi perform Mozart's Symphonies No. 39-41 ("Jupiter).
Album Reviews
Review: Adès Conducts Adès – Kirill Gerstein, Piano
Thomas Adès performs two of his works with the Boston Symphony Orchestra - the Piano Concerto with soloist Kirill Gerstein and "Totentanz”.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 (“Pastoral”) – Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
The Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and its Concertmaster Bernhard Forck present two orchestral pieces which depicts nature - Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony and Knecht's "Le portrait musical de…