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Top Five – Fauré – Requiem – The Best Recordings
The Classic Review editorial team's recommendations for the best recordings of Fauré's Requiem.
Period Instruments
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Classics Revisited: Sir Charles Mackerras Conducts Late Mozart Symphonies
Revisiting Sir Charles Mackerras' late recording of Mozart's late symphonies with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
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Review: Bach – Johannes Passion – Pygmalion, Pichon
Bach's Johannes-Passion, BWV 245, performed by Ensemble Pygmalion with Julian Prégardien as Evangelist, conducted by Raphaël Pichon.
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Top Five – Handel – Messiah – The Best Recordings
The Classic Review editorial team’s recommendations for the best recordings of Handel’s Messiah.
Album Reviews
Review: Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde – Lemieux, Staples, Les Siècles, Roth
Les Siècles perform Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde on period instruments, with Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Andrew Staples. Conducted by François-Xavier Roth.
Album Reviews
Review: Bach – Cantatas BWV 4, 106, 131 – Ensemble Correspondances, Sébastien Daucé
Sébastien Daucé leads Ensemble Correspondances in Bach's cantatas BWV 4, 106, 131.
Album Reviews
In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – December 2025
Brief reviews of five recent classical albums: Bach Cantatas with Ensemble Correspondances and Sébastien Daucé, the Nash Ensemble play Ravel, Mahler’s Symphony No. 7 with the National Symphony…
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Review: Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem – Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Raphaël Pichon conducts Pygmalion in Brahms's "A German Requiem", with baritone Stéphane Degout and soprano Sabine Devieilhe.
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Review: Gluck – Orphée et Eurydice – Les Arts Florissants – Paul Agnew
Paul Agnew conducts Les Arts Florissants in the Paris 1774 version of Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice.
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Review: Bach – The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1 – Mahan Esfahani, Harpsichord
Mahan Esfahani plays the first book of Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier on the harpsichord.