Album Reviews
Notable Classical Music Box Sets, August 2025
Notable classical music box sets worth exploring.
Orchestral
Album Reviews
Review: Bach – King of Kings – Sir Andrew Davis, Martyn Brabbins
Bach orchestral transcriptions by Sir Andrew Davis, with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Davis and Martyn Brabbins.
Album Reviews
Review: Bacewicz – Orchestral Works, Volume 2, Donohoe, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oramo
The second volume of Grażyna Bacewicz's complete orchestral works conducted by Sakari Oramo. Including the Concerto For Orchestra, Symphony No. 2, and Piano Concerto.
Album Reviews
Review: Messiaen – Turangalîla-Symphonie – Yuja Wang, Cécile Lartigau, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Yuja Wang, Cécile Lartigau, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Andris Nelsons perform Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie.
Beginners Guides
Mahler – Symphony No. 9 – A Beginner’s Guide
A guide to Mahler’s Symphony No. 9, with historical background, analysis, and recommendations for the best recordings.
Album Reviews
In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – July 2025
Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
Album Reviews
Review: Brahms – Symphonies No. 3 & 4 – Kent Nagano
Kent Nagano conducts the Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg in Brahms' third and fourth symphonies.
Album Reviews
Review: Mendelssohn – A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Pablo Heras-Casado
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts the RIAS Kammerchor and the Freiburger Barockorchester in Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night’s Dream, played on period instruments.
Album Reviews
Review: Haydn – Complete Symphonies, Vol. 17 – Kammerorchester Basel, Antonini
Giovanni Antonini continues his Haydn 2032 series of the complete symphonies, this time with Nos. 13, 16 and 36, along with the first violin concerto.
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Review: Furtwängler – Symphony No. 2 – Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi
Neeme Järvi conducts the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra in Wilhelm Furtwängler's Symphony No.2.