Album Reviews
Review: ‘Chopin Intime” – Justin Taylor, Pianino Pleyel 1839
Justin Taylor plays Chopin on a Pleyel Pianino from 1839, including Preludes, Nocturnes Mazurkas and Etudes.
Period Instruments
Album Reviews
Review: Bach – Mass in B Minor – Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon
Raphaël Pichon leads Pygmalion and soloists in Bach's Mass in B Minor.
Album Reviews
Review: The Age of Extremes – Francesco Corti, Il Pomo d’Oro
Harpsichordist and director Francesco Corti leads Il Pomo d’Oro in works by Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Georg Benda.
Album Reviews
Double Review: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons – Théotime Langlois de Swarte, Daniel Pioro
Review of two recordings of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. Théotime Langlois de Swarte with Le Consort, and Daniel Pioro with the Manchester Camerata.
Album Reviews
Review: Beethoven – Missa Solemnis – Jérémie Rhorer
Jérémie Rhorer leads Le Cercle de l’Harmonie and Audi Jugendchorakademie in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.
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Double Review: Bruckner – Symphonies No. 4 & 7 – Heras-Casado, Jurowski
Pablo Heras-Casado conducts Anima Eterna in symphony No. 4 ("Romantic"), and Vladimir Jurowski conducts the RSO Berlin in symphony No. 7
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Review: Schubert – Piano Sonatas D. 959, 960 – Ronald Brautigam
Ronald Brautigam plays Schubert's last two piano sonatas on a fortepiano.
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Review: Fauré – Requiem, Gounod – Messe de Clovis – Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet
Hervé Niquet leads Le Concert Spirituel in Fauré's Requiem and Gounod's Messe de Clovis.
Album Reviews
In Short – 5 Albums Worth Your Listen – August 2024
Five new classical music albums worth checking out.
Album Reviews
Review: Mahler – Symphony No. 9 on Period Instruments – Philipp von Steinaecker
Philipp von Steinaecker leads the Mahler Academy Orchestra in the composer's 9th Symphony, on period instruments.